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Co-operation In The Snow
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Bradina - Feb 25 members of the 1st Recce Platoon of the
French Battle Group (FRBG) monitored members of the Federation
Army on the ranges. This was part of their ongoing role to
gather information within the FRBG area of responsibility.
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NGOs lobby for DPREs
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Sarajevo - Members of the Property Legislation Implementation
Plan (PLIP) conducted a press conference at SFOR's Coalition
Press Information Centre in Sarajevo, Feb. 13. The panel discussed
2001 statistics for the implementation of the property laws
in BiH.
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Heavy fire over Glamoc
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Glamoc - Feb. 21 and 22 the Canadian Battle Group conducted
a major combined arms exercise at Glamoc shooting range. Infantrymen
from the Royal 22nd Regiment, trained with the support of
the Artillery. Even close air support flights were planned.
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Dutch, Italians: together for Joint Resolve
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Novi Travnik - Joint Resolve XXV was bigger this year, expanding
from Banja Luka into Novi Travnik when an Italian company
from Sarajevo augmented the Netherlands' soldiers who attended
the training exercise in the North.
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Weapon Out-processing
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Zenica - The Turkish Battle Group (TU BG) supervised the
destruction of illegally kept weapons in the steel factory
of Zenica. Inhabitants had handed them over to local police
units during Harvest operations.
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Hungarian's last inspections
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Doboj - Feb. 11 and 12, Hungarian sappers inspected and carried
out maintenance on the Doboj III bridge. It was one of their
last missions. The contingent leaves the theatre at the end
of March, after six years of service.
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Team-building, different mindsets
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Jahorina - This ski resort hosted soldiers of both Entities
working side by side. Italian Eighth Mountain Regiment instructors
of Italian Task Force "Gemona" provided BiH soldiers
with a one-day basic course in traversing snow, first aid
and winter survival.
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Royal Engineer Peace-keepers Help Fight Cancer
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Sipovo - The soldiers of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Team stationed in Sipovo and Banja Luka rowed, cycled and
ran their way back to the United Kingdom to raise more than
1,500 British Pounds (2,400 Euro) for The Anthony Nolan Trust.
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Russians Celebrate The Motherland!
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Ugljevik - Feb. 23 the quiet of the barracks at Ugljevik
was broken as the Russians celebrated the founding of the
modern Russian Army. The event included a formal parade and
a dramatic display of fighting skills and endurance.
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A chain of Hope
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Sarajevo and Gorazde - Feb. 20, soldiers of the Hellenic
Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina distributed humanitarian aid
in Sarajevo and Gorazde. They went to Austria to transport
the goods collected by Austrian municipalities.
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Brothers in the spotlight
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The four most famous brothers deployed together at any one
time are probably those who were depicted on the silver screen
in Saving Private Ryan, directed by Spielberg. The UK Battle
Group currently also has four. But their surname is not Ryan
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