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Accord FM, The voice of SFOR
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Mostar - Accord FM is the MND SE broadcasting station in
Mostar Airport. The station has been transmitting since 1997.
It covers an area of more than 6600 square kilometres, which
includes Mostar, Nevesinje, Gacko, Trebinje, Ravno, Metkovic
and Ljubuski.
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Canadian Corporal becomes 'Miss
Santa Claus'
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Banja Luka - The Orthodox Christmas came early for three
Bosnian Serb families near the town of Banja Luka, all thanks
to the efforts of Katy Bergeron, a young Canadian soldier
serving with Multinational Division Southwest Headquarters.
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IPTF, MSU train BiH police officers
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Camp Butmir - The International Police Task Force is implementing
a new training program for specialised police units within
BiH. Assisted by the Multinational Specialised Unit, the IPTF
conducted crowd control training for 88 police officers.
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De-mining the future
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Camp Butmir - De-mining is vital for the future of Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The consequences for victims of explosive
devices are horrific. The economic future of the country also
depends critically on mine clearance.
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British offer 'Adventurous Training'
in Brac
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Brac - Every nation participating in SFOR has different welfare
packages that are offered to its personnel. One opportunity
that sets British Forces apart from the others is their "Adventurous
Training" (AT) package.
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American knights
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Kula Grad - Above Zvornik a 14th century castle looms; behind
it lies the settlement of Kula Grad. American soldiers, mounted
in their HUMVEES, have replaced the knights who originally
protected the locale.
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Deep Ski Patrol
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Nevesinje - The silence was broken by the noise of helicopters.
The clamor announced the arrival of an Italian helicopter
patrol. Two helicopters landed on the snow, dropped off their
passengers, and departed in only two minutes. Then the patrol
began.
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At the northeastern corner
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Bijeljina - Six years after the signing in Paris of the General
Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), hundreds of thousands
of Displaced Persons and Refugees (DPREs) are still unable
to enter in their pre-war homes.
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Over all BiH roads
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Visoko - "I was born in Greece but I am a citizen of
the world," Socrates said. That's also the motto of the
Hellenic transportation Battalion (HELBA). It is a Theatre
unit, in charge of all kinds of transport under the direction
of Headquarters SFOR.
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DBG's surviving in the snow
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Bugojno - It must have been a weird scene for the local people
skiing on the ski run near Route Emerald between Bugojno and
Novi Travnik. For several days Dutch soldiers in full marching-kit
were hiking into the hills on so called 'Laplanders'.
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Helicopter crashes near Ploce, Croatia
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A French SA342 M1 Gazelle helicopter assig-ned to SFOR's
Southeastern Multinational Division in Mostar, crashed into
the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Ploce, Croatia at approximately
10:30 a.m. Jan. 20.
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T-55 Removal inc.
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Route Sparrow - On Jan. 17 the Theatre of Operations Support
Element (GSA) from the Italian Battle Group (IBG) carried
out a request made to SFOR by the Army of Republika Srpska
(VRS) to transport a T-55 tank from Zvornik to Pale Koran.
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Soldier in the spotlight
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Estonian Master Sgt. Siim Saliste serves with his national
contingent under the Nordpol Battle Group. Despite being only
27 years old he is a Platoon Sgt. for two Platoons, D Squadron,
Scout Battalion; a job that brings many responsibilities.
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