[8] As part of his duties, Hunt appointed Norwegian Lieutenant General Fredrik V. Bull-Hansen to be the first Force Commander of the MFO.
Hunt then established a temporary headquarters in Alexandria, VA and began designing the infrastructure for the group in Sinai.
A caller, claiming to be from the Red Brigades, called a Milan radio station shortly after the assassination, saying, "This is the Communist Party.
It is a cruel irony that, like many others who devoted their lives to the highest aspirations of mankind, he was the victim of evil terrorism which haunts our world today.
The full and successful life of service which Ray Hunt led, and the sacrifice he made, should inspire us to rededicate ourselves to building a more peaceful world in which hatred and violence have no place.