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THE BONDSTEEL BULLET July 2014 SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER Issue 16 THE BONDSTEEL BULLET July 2014 SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER Issue 16 On June 9, 1999 a THE BONDSTEEL BULLET Military Technical agreement was signed The Bondsteel Bullet is produced for civilians and military personnel on between NATO Camp Bondsteel. international security Contents of this publication are not force (“KFOR”) and the necessarily official views of Multinational Battle Group-East or government of Federal Area Support Team Balkans. Republic of Yugoslavia MNBG-E Public Affairs Officer that allowed KFOR forces Maj. Michael L. Wallace to enter Kosovo. 11th Public Affairs Detachment At its full strength, KFOR comprised nearly 50,000 Executive Editor Capt. Kevin C. Sandell personnel. Ethnic Albanians gather in the streets for a parade held to honor American Forces in the Kosovo Editor Sgt. 1st Class Carlos M. Burger II village of Koretin. Kids climb on top of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with TOW missile. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Layout design/ Staff Writer are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace Ardian Nrecaj and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN. Staff Writer Sgt. Cody Barber 15 years of Camp Bondsteel and KFOR maintaining peace POC for this publication is: th Story by Sgt. 1st Class Carlos M. Burger II, 11 Public Affairs Detachment Ardian Nrecaj, DSN 781-3467 It’s another typical day on Camp Bondsteel. diplomatic initiatives and the air strikes were [email protected] Besides the occasional officer rushing to called off. UN Security Council created attend a meeting or the roving military police Resolution 1199, which called for a cease-fire patrolman, it’s mostly quiet. It’s a contrasting by both parties to the conflict. In support of the scene for those who were here when the resolution, limits were set on the number of Kosovo conflict first occurred back in 1999. Serbian forces in Kosovo and on the scope of their operations. June 10 marked the 15th anniversary of the In addition, UNSCR 1203 endorsed the rapid deployment of Operation Joint Guardian, the security force mandated by Organization for Security and Cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and a Europe to establish a Kosovo Verification select few can still recall what life was like in Mission that would observe compliance on the Kosovo more than a decade ago. ground and that NATO would establish an aerial surveillance mission. Before the conflict, Kosovo was an autonomous province of Serbia and Despite these steps, in 1999, the situation in contained a mixed population with an ethnic Kosovo flared up again. Albanian majority. In 1989, Serbian leader Renewed international efforts were made to Slobodan Milosevic altered the status of the region, removing its autonomy and bringing it find a peaceful solution to the conflict. NATO under Belgrade, Serbia’s control. supported and reinforced international efforts by agreeing on January 30, to use air strikes, if Pvt. 2 William Helton measures and In 1998, open conflict between Serbians and required, and by issuing a warning to both marks wood for the construction of a Kosovo Albanians resulted in the deaths of sides in the conflict. SEAHUT at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on over 1,500 Albanians and forced 400,000 Oct. 5, 1999. Pvt. 2 Helton is from Bravo people from their homes. The international On March 18, Serbian forces breached Company, 94th Engineers Battalion out community became concerned about compliance with the October agreement by of Vilseck, Germany. The SEAHUTs are moving extra troops and tanks into the region. Milosevic's disregard for diplomatic efforts being constructed in replacement of the Tens of thousands of people began to flee aimed at peacefully resolving the crisis. General Purpose Tents at Camp their homes in the face of this systematic Bondsteel. They will be used for housing offensive. The KVM withdrew from the region, On June 12, 1998 the North Atlantic Council and work spaces. The soldiers are in assessed possible measures that NATO might having faced obstruction from Serbian forces Kosovo in support of the peace-keeping take with regard to the developing Kosovo to the point that they could no longer fulfill mission NATO Opertion Joint Guardian. crisis. On 13 October 1998, the NATO Council their tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Spec. Christina Ann authorized the use of air strikes however, at the last moment, Milosevic agreed to further Continued on page 3 Horne) THE BONDSTEEL BULLET ● Page 1 For Jacobson, dedicating the monument on Memorial Day was a tangible way to remember the lives of David Gibbs and Kevin Reichert and their families left behind. “Memorial Day is an opportunity to honor the sacrifices of our service members and their families,” Jacobson said. “And it’s fitting that today we are honoring these two heroic U.S. pilots who made the ultimate sacrifice to help bring peace and stability to Kosovo.” The ambassador noted the project was led and initiated entirely by the Kosovo government. “This monument and ceremony was organized solely by the Government of Kosovo at their initiative. The monument itself is a design by a Kosovo artist, and U.S. service members, who work at the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo, attend the memorial dedication we’re honored to represent the U.S. ceremony, May 26, to honor two U.S. pilots who died in 1999 in the Balkans region. The Kosovo Embassy at today’s opening government paid for and built an all-black monument to honor the pilots’ memory. (Photo by ceremony,” Jacobson said. Sgt. Cody Barber, 11th Public Affairs Detachment) Minister Krasniqi said the pilots’ families, albeit feeling sorrow for the loss of their Kosovo government dedicates memorial to fallen US pilots loved ones, should be proud of the Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell, 11th Public Affairs Detachment assistance the pilots provided to bringing peace to Kosovo. PRIZREN, Kosovo -- As a tribute to Memorial “I suggested that as a sign of gratitude, we Day, two fallen U.S. Army pilots who died at must honor these American military, the NATO “We are aware that they feel a lot of the start of the 1999 NATO operations were forces, on the 15th anniversary of Kosovo’s sorrow. They must be proud of the forever memorialized as the Kosovo freedom by building an obelisk in the closest sons, the sons that brought freedom to government unveiled a new monument town of Kosovo, in the place where they have the people of Kosovo,” Krasniqi said. marking their sacrifice, May 26. fallen, in Prizren,” he continued. “For us, these pilots will always be flying ‘peace-bound,’ and will always be an Chief Warrant Officer 3 David A. Gibbs, 38, The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports inspiration for our new horizons.” and a native of Massillon, Ohio, and Chief designed and built the all-black monument, Warrant Officer 2 Kevin L. Reichert, 28, and which was placed near the center of a native of Chetek, Wisconsin, were AH-64 downtown Prizren, and included an engraved Apache pilots who died when their marble plaque at the bottom showing Gibbs’ helicopter crashed near Tirana, Albania, and Reichert’s names. A lone triangular- May 5, 1999. The two pilots were leading a shaped attachment hangs from the memorial nighttime mission when the aircraft suddenly symbolizing a helicopter in flight. experienced mechanical failure and plummeted to the ground. Memli Krasniqi, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, said the Kosovo people will always To recognize these first military casualties of treasure the Americans’ assistance, while the Operation Allied Force, the Kosovo monument can serve as inspiration throughout government formulated a plan to pay Kosovo. homage to the pilots who died fighting for peace in the Balkans region. Last February, “[The] Kosovo population will forever be Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, grateful to the American nation for their directed the building of a memorial in the support in our most difficult times, support that closest Kosovo city to where the helicopter is ongoing to this day in all areas. [Americans] crash occurred. are our greatest friend,” Krasniqi said. “We would like to forever remember the men and The memorial would be a symbol from the women of America that came to bring peace people of Kosovo to express their thanks for and stop the genocide in Kosovo, and the the cooperation of NATO and the United building of this memorial is a symbolic action States over the past 15 years. for the great contribution of the American Soldiers. It will be an inspiration to us, and a “In respect of our close cooperation with lifetime reminder of the love between us.” A newly-built monument to honor two fallen NATO and with the United States of U.S. helicopter pilots stands in downtown America, I have today ordered the (Kosovo) During the unveiling ceremony in Prizren, Prime Prizren, May 26. The Kosovo government Ministry of Culture to take the appropriate Minister Thaci and the U.S. Ambassador to initiated and funded the monument’s steps to build a memorial to honor two Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, laid a wreath construction as a symbol of gratitude for American pilots, fallen in duty during the at the monument’s base. U.S. service members American sacrifice in the Balkans region. NATO intervention in Kosovo,” Thaci said who work at the embassy also attended the (Photo by Sgt. Cody Barber, 11th Public Affairs during a government meeting, Feb. 5. ceremony wearing their dress uniforms. Detachment) Page 2 ● THE BONDSTEEL BULLET At its full strength, KFOR comprised nearly 50,000 personnel.
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