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SACEUR visits SFOR
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The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General James
L. Jones, arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina Feb. 4 for a two-day
visit and had meetings with the Quint Ambassadors (France,
Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States) and the
High Representative. Jones also met with COMSFOR, the commanders
of the Multinational Brigades and the commander of the Multinational
Specialised Unit.
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With a little help from friends
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Banovici - About 250 people will be a little warmer this
winter thanks to the tremendous efforts of one Multinational
Brigade Northwest (MNB-NW) officer. Capt. Matthew Watts, the
adjutant of Banja Luka Metal Factory, led a winter aid plea
to alleviate conditions of some displaced people in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
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More than one string to its bow
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Doboj - The Multinational Battle Group (MNBG) was established
on Jan. 1st, 2003. Since that date, soldiers from MNBG had
to perform activities similar to the ones they previously
performed, but in an unknown area. MNBG inherited its Area
of Responsibility from the Nordic Polish Battle Group (NPBG),
plus the Lukavac Municipality that was in the United States
sector.
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Nightmare scenario
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Modrac - In the early morning of Wednesday Feb. 5, at approximately
1:35 a.m., a very strong earthquake impacted the territory
of Bosnia and Herzegovina with its epicentre in the vicinity
of Matuzici and Doboj. It was 7.3 on the Mercali Scale and
the hit area was situated along the Inter-Entity Boundary
Line. Didn't you feel anything? Don't worry, it's quite natural:
it was only a disaster relief exercise.
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When SFOR chats with the local population
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Mostar - Living in Mostar Ortijes for a couple of months
or just driving on Pacman Route, you may have listened to
good music on 106.2 FM. Accord FM is a SFOR radio station
aimed at the local population. But what do you really know
about this radio station? It began in Mostar at the end of
1997 to broadcast information and music programs to help the
region's inhabitants.
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HELBA: the last journey
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Visoko - For more than seven years, the Hellenic Battalion
(HELBA) was based in Visoko. This unit was the only logistic
unit within the whole theatre. Due to the re-structuring of
SFOR, it left Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) this month. The
experience of those Greek soldiers in BiH was the best clue
for their motto: "I was born in Hellas but I am a citizen
of the world."
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Errant Knights in Spanish AOR
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Mostar - The word Paladin is of French-Italian origin, but
it was one German Task Force Company from Rajlovac and a Spanish
Marine Infantry platoon that took part in Exercise 'Paladin'
last week. The 'errant knights' (as the word Paladin means)
had orders to practice re-deployment of forces from the German-Italian
Battle Group into the French-Spanish Battle Group.
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Canadian soldiers train with VF
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Glamoc - From January 19 to 25 at the Resolute Barbara Range,
Glamoc, SFOR Canadian soldiers from the First Battalion, Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (1 PPCLI)
conducted joint training with soldiers from 501 Brigade, 5th
Corps of the Bosniac component of the Federation Army, to
build a spirit of co-operation between the two armies.
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PLIP and DPREs: the figures for
2002
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Sarajevo - More than 2.3 million people fled from their homes
during the war in this country, either as displaced persons
(staying in Bosnia and Herzegovina) or as refugees (abroad).
The number of persons returning to their pre-war homes has
increased noticeably in year 2002. Along with these returns
come owner's claims to pre-war property that lawfully belongs
to them.
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Socks project
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Medjugorje - On Feb. 11 and 12, a multinational CIMIC patrol
including American, Finnish, French and Spanish soldiers delivered
donated clothing items to three orphanages located in the
Multinational Brigade Southeast. This ended the successful
story of a long humanitarian project, initiated by a member
of Multinational Brigade North, Task Force Saber CIMIC/Civil
Affairs staff.
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Towards a single Army... for the
good
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Since the war, the two components of the Armed Forces in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Army of Federation (Vojska Federacije,
VF) and the Army of Republika Srpska (Vojska Republike Srpske,
VRS) have had few opportunities to work together. That is
the reason why a Command Post Exercise held in the beginning
of February and simulating an earthquake, which hit both Entities,
was such an important milestone.
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Dog in the spotlight
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The SFOR member registered with the ID card number 84488
is not a common soldier.
First of all, he got some big and marvellous brown eyes, big
ears, and a lot of hairs.
With only 50cm height and born on Nov. 1993, it might have
been a little bit early for being OR4, as mentioned on his
ID. But Cep is a beautiful German Shepard of 36kg, and he
works in the dog unit of the Multinational specialised unit
(MSU) in Butmir camp.
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