I F 0 R Published in the interest of the Implementation Forces Wednesday, December 18, 1996 Vol. I, N0 23
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/FOR Soldiers fi·om Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Uhraine, France, Portugal, Turleey, Rom.ania, .Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Spain and a Swiss OSCE membe1; join together to give the thumbs up to the success/iLl end of /FOR's mission on be hall of their countries and all the other contributing nations. Photo: CPIC, Sarajevo Superman fights mines P{/ge 5 IFOR: mission accomplished s •• SFOR: mission goes on F ner. " Most significantly, he Less than 90 days from D was able to refer to the skills elay, Lt. Gen. Sir Michael 0 of the first IFOR troops as Walker, Commander of the "making the nearly impossi ACE Rapid Reaction Corps, R ble seem routine." speaking as commander of These statements were IFOR Land Forces, was able made against a backdrop of to comment upon his forces' David Taylor daily, world-wide media cov success as they prepared for erage that showed the first the final days of implement brave men and women of Getting l\1ostar airport NATO-led, multi-national ing what would become the Europe, the U.S., and around ready l'm:e 7 ednesday, Feb. 14, deployment - almost 60,000 Inter Entity Boundary Line the world, are striving to 1996 - Barely two troops from more than 30 (IEBL) and ensuring that make every moment of their Wmonths after h._. contributing nations Faction troops continued time here count for some signing of the Dayton Peat L 1 ollm~ powerfully and withdrawal to their bar thing; to leave a legacy. I Accord and armed with J. zap1dly into the Balkan win racks, and their weapons be applaud you all." strong mandate for lm; ter The largest military placed into cantonment. Those early days of IFOR troops - then COMJFOR, operation in Europe since Expressing his confidence in were summed up by Adm. Adm. Leighton W Smith Jr. World \\'.u- II had moved the IFOR troops to fulfill the Smith as he handed over was able to look back on the from the plJ.nr.mg ~tages military side of the mandate command to Adm. Lopez on deployment of an "enor into reality, \\ 1th IFOR and move on into a period of July 13, 1996: "Day one ... mous number of forces and forces swiftly J.nd deter consolidation and confidence we set the tone. We said we material in a pretty short minedly separatmg those building in the population of are different." He also com time ... (and) the implemen Factions that only day · and BiH, Sir Michael stated, "I mented that his departure tation of the Peace weeks before had been am confident that we can came after IFOR had .\grcement in a tremen locked in particularly cruel continue to be successful. I Meeting the children {.. u,;ly professional man- civil war. know, too, that all of the Continued on page 2. fJ{/81' /(} ~~~===~-~- the militruy achievements of IFOR der. Lt. Gen. Walker. he also made reference to "more than In a matter of days, IFOR, the m1 • 5,600 civil-militmy cooperation pro itary force that deployed as the over In jects and the work of over 7,000 engi seer of the Zone of Separation, fre ~ ~~------~------~ neers from 15 nations in repairing and elections and the return of refugel' Sp (Jontinued from page 1. look at it and say 'this country, this replacing 60 bridges; 2,500 kilometers will ~,rive way to a force which \\'Ill place, is better becau ·e I was here."' of roads and railways; gas, water, elec help provide a secure environment accomplished its military phase and By Sept. 14, after giving the back tricity, public transportation and tele that encourag·es and supports self had moved into "the civil-political" ground security which allowed BiH's phone service · to mru1y cities and vil reconstruction. NATO's Implement phase. presidential elections to take place lages; and helping to provide airpmi ation Force will become NATO's He was referring to the fact that almost without incident, IFOR sol authorities \vith the ability to recom Stabilization Force ( 'FOR). organizations such as the diers could claim they had fully mence commercial chatter ru1d regular The requirements of the Dayton Organization for Security and matched up to COMIFOR's chal airline passenger service." Peace Accord, agTeed to by all par Cooperation in Europe (OSCEJ would lenge. Ambassador Robert H. Gen. William W Crouch's appoint ties, are very clear. SFOR, like come to the fore in leading Bosnia Frowick, Head of the OSCE Mission ment as COMIFOR also marked a IFOR before it, will maintain the a1'ld Herzegovina through the proc ss in BiH, didn't mince his words. "The transfer of authority from Allied military ta ·k · of the mandate, but of becoming a democratic country, OSCE ... regru·ds the efforts of IFOR Forces Southern Europe, Naples, following on from the soon-to-be while IFOR got on with the job of as extraordinary. I don't know of any Italy, to Land Forces Central completed IFOR mission, SFOR maintaining the security levels neces similru· experience in history of a Europe, Heidelberg, Germany. will be operating in a different envi sary for this process to take place. large militmy contingent working Having worked closely with Lt. Gen. ronment while continuing to exe In an interview given shortly after with the civilian aspects of an inter Walker in assuring a smooth cute the military aspects of the assuming command, Adm. T. Joseph national community effort to ensure Transfer of Authority, Gen. Crouch Peace Agreement It will also assist Lopez laid down a challenge to IFOR success of an electoral process like bade the ARRC HQ fmewell in a cer in the consolidation of the peace by troops: "In some way, do something this one. It was brilliant." emony held on Nov. 20 in Sarajevo. A contributing, within its capabilities, that chm1ges this environment, this Shortly before handing over com statue was unveiled to commemorate to a secure environment in which countly for the better while you m·e mand of the IFOR to Gen. William the ARRC's achievement in BiH. ongoing civil implementation plans here. So that when your tour of duty Crouch on Nov. 7, Adm. Lopez Gen. Crouch commended !FOR's can be carried out. is done and you get on that aircraft to thanked hi troops for a "fantastic Land Forces for an "absolutely mag The work continues, but with a fly away, you can turn mound and ride." Significantly, while recording nificent job" through their com man- different focu and fewer forces. Media comments on ·IFOR • End to delay in mms reduction SA Today, 06 Dec. (Europe) - The inter JOC David Desilets • Mine clem·ance speeded up. Unational militm·y operation in Bosnia is a ·t j • Internationally supervised municipal elections cess, ministers fi·om 43 countries said ... "There are 'J'>ronto Star (Metro) 5 Dec. (Canada) by summer 1997. important areas of'tlze peace agreement where little .1. "Canadians committed to Bosnia... 1,200 troops • International mediator role strengthened. progress has been made," the ministers said in a to new peace force. Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd statement... Reflecting international frustration at Axworthy... a.shed for a commitment in return. h e In depend ent, 5 Dec. (U.K.)- Bosnia's the slow pace of the peace, the conference set dead Canada wants the world community to force Bosnia T old enemies get round table ... The London lines for goals meant lo have been achieved by now, to deal with indicted war criminals ... " he said, conference on ecurity arrangements for Bosnia but obstructed by bickering and power hom·ding "There lws been far too much rhetoric and far too lit for the next two years got underway yesterday, mnong the three wmTing parties. tle action... The whole credibility of.. the peace amid 'news of unrest in Serbia and calls for a process we think rests very much on having a clear reappraisal of the relationship between ATO he Times, 06 Dec. (U.K.) - Bosnia tri commitment to en ure that the war crimes tribunal and Rus ia ... The British government said events T bunal boo ·t ... With the promise of more is able to do its worl? and to do it in a way that brings in Belgrade were "very much on our minds ... " international help, offered .. , at the conference on a sense of justice and ends a lot of the impunity With SFOR details already announced, senior Bosnia in London, the (Hague international) tri issues that have been plaguing that country." NATO ources focused more on the way NATO btmal is expected to expand operations. Malcolm might use the conference to strengthen its rela Rifkind said he would be "extremely dissatisfied" Bosnia peace conference tions with the Russians who provide troops for if General Ratko Mladic... and Radovan D eu ter, London, 05 Dec. - Here are the Bosnia. Karadzic ... as well as other indicted war crimi .I. \,principal points of the agre.ed action plan: nals had nol been dealt with within the next 12 • For the first time, aid is linked to adherence to he Times, 5 Dec. (U.K.) - About 16,000 months. Dayton peace agTeement. T people are still missing, pre umed killed, in • The WM Crimes Tribunal to be given extra Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the bitterness of the D euter, Sarajevo, 7 Dec. - The London resource . waiting families poses a huge threat to peace in .I. \,peace review conference ended Thursday • The International Police Task Force to boosted the country until their fate has been deter with the buzzword "c.:onclitionali~v" on every in hunt for indicted war criminals. mined, Cornelio Sommaruga, the president of body' lips, but with little clarity on how the • Greater effort to encourage return of refugees. the International Committee of the Red Cross West's new policy was to be implemented ... "The • Freedom of Movement Task Force to ensure said yesterday. As John Major opened a two-day thin/ling of conditionality has sharpened as a con Bosnia-wide phone links, common road and rail conference on Bosnia at Lancaster House in sequence of London, but it's certainly not yet an system, national car number plates, and jointly London, the words of Mr. Sommaruga served as exact science," said a spokesman for Carl Bildt. "I administered air space. a wm·ning to the 56 delegates that the "hatred don't yet thin!? in Washingto11, London and Paris • Central Bank to be operational by em·ly 1997. between the ethnic communities" remains, even there is agreement on a nice neat plan for how this • Media to be allowed to operate free of interference. though the guns have fallen silent. will work"
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December 18, 1996 2 IFOR INFORMER rfOA held in Mostar
Capt. Javier Marcos. mg of the cu·mies in predeter mined and authorized sites. That was done without any difficul ties, in accordance with the pro tocol signed with the three fac tions," de Lambert aid to his soldiers. "Of course, a lot still has to be done. While, to date, more than 4,000 mined zones have been counted, demining actions in lVIND-SE are· still in a very early stage. Our future efforts will be oriented towcu·d this spe cific aspect of the peace accord. Of course, freedom of movement, I admit, is still incomplete. Above: Brig. Gen. Yves Le Chatelier talhs to reporters a-fter the Trans/'er o/' Autlzonty Ceremony in MND-SE. L eft: Genera/. Xavier de La1nbert adresses the troops w h ile handing over command o/'MND ostar- After seven and a However it is important to speci SE after seven and-a-hal/' months in command. Photos: Capt. Javier Marc:os. M h a lf months spent in fy that this issue is everybody's Bosnia-Herzegovina, General in this countrys business. There authorities from the internation Division. To this day, 455 have helicopter, including 21 for civil Xavier de Lambert, commander establishment of reliable rela al community, including repre already been completed; 87 cu·e ians. Our specialists are of the Multinational Divi ion tionships is needed. This, cannot sentatives of the three factions. underway and 151 are being involved in reconstruction, such South Ea t (lVIN D-SEJ is return be done in one day." AfLer having inspected t~e planned. Numerous mine aware a roads, bridges and railroads. ing home. During a ceremony troops, de Lambert gave a speech ness sessions have been given in For the moment, 900,000 DlVI held at Mo tcu· Airport, 1:2 Dec., Nine nation efl'ort recognizing the job by 13,500 schools and to the populace. Our have been invested," de he transferred authority of the The ceremony, presided over men and women coming from actions towards the local popula Lambert aid. Division to Brig. Gen. Yves Le by COM IFOR, General William nine countries, working together tion include 335 humanitcu·ian "I am convinced that General Chaielier. Crouch, began at 11:30, with a to accomplish their IFOR mis relief operations - clothing cll1cl Yves Le Chatelier, is the perfect "Among the very (irsi tasks of military parade. All the comman siom;. food distribution among the person for the situation. I wish the military aspects of the ders of the units within the "One thousand, eight hundred most destitute - an average of him good luck and also wish the Dayton Peace Ag1·eement that I M D(, EJ were in attendance, and thirty-three reconstruction 800 medical consultations per same to Bosnia-Herzegovina in had to ccu·ty out was the gather- and abo military and ciYilian proJect- were initiated by the month and 97 air evacuations by i is peace efforts."
mander of Multinational Division South East. of NATO, instead of the United Nations. aour first purpose is to accomplish the next Spanish soldiers will have to share duties with soldiers municipal elections, programmed for next from Egypt, Jordan, Portugal, Ukraine, Morocco, France spring, within a peace and freedom frame eu1d Italy. The area they will be responsible for is made up work," said Zorzo. of 14,300 square kilometres, crossed by almost 400 kms. "We cu·e going to work with the same mis of IEBL (Inter Entity Border Line) in cities such as sion, in the scune area. We have to ensure elec Sarajevo, Mostar, Medjugorje, Trebinje, Bi.leca, Stolac, tions take place in conditions of peace, free Nevesinje or Dracevo. dom eu1d democracy, and ensw-e our soldiers The Speu1ish soldiers have hit the ground running. In return to their families in Spain having accom just three weeks, they have already distributed almost plished their mission." 250 tons of humcu1itarian aid - clothing, food, school Almost 1500 men from the Legion Brigade, equipment medicines toys and other welcome items - to a squadron of Cavalry, one company of engi 3,500 people who live in refugee ccunps in Blagai, Tekija, Capt. Javier Marcos. neers, Air Mobile Forces eu1d other select personnel Caplijna, Tasovici, Kanak, Mostar East and Nevesinje. , arrived in Ploce between Nov. 26 and Dec. 12 after a Their predecessors, almost 1, 700 soldiers from the 1\ Jrostar-The third Spanish Brigade to serve as eu1 six-day voyage on the Hernan Cortes; others an-ived in Almogavares Brigade, are now sailing or flying home to l'.l.rFOR component, has been led into Bosnia and Mostar by air. After their arrival, the Almeria broke Spain. A total of 2,400,000 kms driven throughout Herzegovina by its commander, Maj. Gen. Javier Zorzo. The down into smaller units, to ensw-e safe deployment eu1d Bosnia dwing its deployment is only an indication of how Almeria Brigade, composed mostly of Speu1ish Legion to avoid creating problems for the population . ·active the brigade has been. Other than their strictly mil .tBli..PS, has the stated intention to carry on with the mission Almost 80 percent of the new Brigade is composed of itary taskings, the brigade has been heavily involved in uc.Ited by the two other Spanish Brigades that have served legionnaires. Veterans of as many as three previous U.N. humcu1itarian aiel programmes such as giving home med in Bil-L the Castillejos and Almogavares. deployments to BiH, they know their assigned cu·ea and, ical treatment to 2,400 people.
The Spanish Transfer of Authority between Gen. Luis equally importantly, the population. This time, though, From lef~ to right in photo: Gen. Javier Zorzo, Gen. Carvajal and Zorzo, took place in the Spanish Square, in the mission is taking place in a different framework: a Xavier de Lambert and Gen. Luis Carvajal lay wreaths in tribute to fallen Spanish soldiers in a ceremony in the Mostar, in the presence of Gen. Xavier de Lambert, com- four- month deployment under the operational control Spanish Square in Mostat: Photo: Capt. Javier Marcos.
good, but the future is still nity to work with my friends and Capt. Javier Marcos. uncertain", said Lt. Col. Gerardo cou nterparts from other coun say Re~taino, member of the MND t ries", said Capt. Enrico Varese, ostar-After six months of SE logistics office (G-4). "The attached to the planning cell. M service in Multinational best experience I've had was Division South-East, staff offi when I gave my ballpoint pen to Former commander of MND cers of the Italian Army have a boy. He was so happy. It was as SE, Gen. Xavier de Lambert said begun returning to Italy. Their if he had received the greatest in an interview given to Maj . mission has been an hi~toric one gift in the world," Restaino Massimo Panizzi (Public because it marked the first time added. In formation Officer for MND that the Italian Armed Fon:L's SEJ, "We envy the Italian Army. have been involved with a multi Lieutenant Colonel Gino lt is able to select people with national staff outside ol' Italy. Bm·d1gom has been working in the highest level of qualification. Bosma .·ince last December, six They have never had any major Under the command ol' Brig. months Ill the logistic branch, integration problems. They have Gen. Vittorio Ghiotto, the and six muntll,., m the CI\·ilian been responsible for difficult Italians have accomplished their Il111Itarv afi~ur~ '' l am satisfied tasks, that they have carried out mis~ion by sharing the work by the ~Yurk done. but what I will perfectly." load with soldiers from various never forget L- th(; children's nations including- Jordan, E!,'YPt, smiles in ;\lustar lt rPPJmds me italy has decided to extend 1\J! "~·;J\.,t ••, L Kl ante, !Jortugat, u( the way my claughwr "miles", their contribution to the staff of France and Spain. said Bordigoni. the (MND-SE) by increasing the number of Italian soldiers with- Lt. Col. Gerardo Restaino, Capt. Angelo Rapuano, Maj. Giovanni "This experience is professiOn 'As far as I am concerned, the 111 the organization to 40 for the Varessio and Lt. Col. Gino Bordigoni in the daily staff meeting in the ally gratifying, and unforget best thing about the deployml'nt first six months of the follow-on MND-SE HQ. (Mostar-Ortiges). table. The results have been was that I have had the oppurtu- force 1 'FOR). Photo: Capt. Javier Marcos. December 18, 1996 IFOR INFORMER 3 Some like it hot Below: A Uhranian soldier gives a flat-hand eel blow to a pile of' burning tiles during a martial arts exh bition to nwr/~ the 5th Anniverswy of' the fimnation of' the Uhranian Army. Pfwlus: CPJC, Sarajevo.
arajevo - The Ukranian and the Battalion commander, SArmy celebrated the 5th Lt. Col. Victor Taman. The anniversary of its formation parade was followed by a dis on Friday Dec. 6. play of martial arts and a The Ukranian Battalion sta casual reception given to the tioned at Tito Barracks in strains ofUkranian folk music Sarajevo marked the day with played by soldier musicians. a pass and review of troops Above: Ul J02(AW) Kori Ahola arajevo - If a picture is worth a thousand Swords, the photographic display recently set up in the Coalition Press Information Center, for their National Day, said enough to write a book. The display was a combination of photographs from Romanian peace efforts in Angola and also included scenes from their work in Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to Maj. Laurentiu Sfintes, of the Romanian Engineer Battalion, the display was designed to show how Romanians have made a significant contribution towards peacekeeping throughout the world, and their National Day, Dec. l, wa a perfect opportunity to demonstrate that. "I hope that this display conveys themes ·age fi·01n Romania that hope, peace and trust are still valid," related Sfintes. "We've abo participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and are willing to go wherever we are needed in the world for peace keeping efforts." "I don't really have a favorite photograph out of the couple of hundred pho tographs on display here," said Col. Constantin Teodorescu, Chief of Romanian Engineers. "But if I could select several, they would be the ones with the children because they ·eem to show how the difficulties of today can affect the future." Romanian colonel, Eugen Bwghelea explain~> some of' I he p/wtgraplzs on display for lot. It :;hould be an example to the people of Sarajevo that people can live for so long Restoration of Independence of Portugal Day at peace with itself." Greatl y committed to peace. J 02(AWJ Kori Ahola The country of Portugal was founded in arajevo - Portuguese soldiers in full 1143, and except for the period referred S military dress, lined the street and to as the Au:;Lrian Dynasty fi·om 15 0 to stood at attention outside the Portugese 1640, the country IJas been at peace. mission in Sarajevo during the lightly According to Correa, it's important to falling snow, while the Portugese flag was help out m the state of Bosnia raised Dec. 1. Although it was a simple Herzegovina. "Even though we're a ceremony and was attended by only about small country, we are impartial, have no 30 people to recognize the restoration of special interest and are greatly commit independence of Portugal, the ceremony ted to the peate process. After all, this is held special significance to Antonio Emope, our back door, and part of our ·Correa, head of the Portuguese mission to continent. If we can help bringing unity Bosnia-Herzegovina. and peace to Bosnia, we will have accom plished our goal in Bosnia. "I've celebrated this day of recognition throughout the world as a professional "We know the people are going through diplomat," explained Correa. "Here in difficult Limes and all of us can help. But Sarajevo, where they are struggling for 'v\'e can never impose anything on the the reaffirmation of a people; to celebrate local people," concluded Correa. "The the reaffirmation of our country means a fuLure depends upon them exclusively." 4 IFOR I FORMER December 18, 1996 Operation Superman JOl Dante DeAngelis oboj - The obJecttve of the D Implementation Force is to achieve its goals with an absolute minimum of ·ol dicr and civilian casualties, but after more than a year of peace m Bosnia, casualties are still occurring. Many of these are the result ofpreviou mine warfare. While most adults understand the meaning of, "stay out of the mineliclcls," smaller ears may nut be paying as close attention. Get the message home. To reach the minds of the children of Bosnia, IFOR Information Campatgn spe ci< list::; from the US. Army han! enlisted the ·ervices of the world's mu"t popular superhero, Superman. Throughout the month of December, Information Campaign unit· m all three donate the Superman image to the c!Tort, wtth an ,tddtltott.tl pnntm.:: of the huok ,md :\ccordtng to the Bosnian Bureau for Multinational Divisions nrc dtstributing they also dcdtcated their first-:tnng arttsu· the lonr;-tcrm benefits to be reaped fi-om Health Protection, 1:37 people tn the Superman comic books and posters. The to tllustrate the book. tt,; u: /;'/ ' ' \ CA?N'T Yo~ KNOO THIS AREA'S Sergeant Roehl Colic:~; ( · ~· .\lmv c·enlerJ and S'Sgt. Paul Fara;..:u u/ the .\"ORlJIJQL HEAVILY Brigade'::; Ctvll Mtlilat') .4. ]a11s element pa::;::; out Superman posters lu the :;t tclenli; MINEO? o{a Loml schooltn ,Jt 'ah PI 1/u .JQJ !Janie DeAngelis. December 18, 1996 HORlNFORMER 5 rom Austerlitz to Bosnia SSgt. Glenn A. Johnson commander. "For instance we pro from using a radio, like interfer tected the British element, ACE ence or static." arajevo - Despite the passage of Rapid Reaction Corps convoy, as it Despite the long hour and many S189 years, the mi ssion of the left Sarajevo to return home." duties, the moral of the soldiers is French Ar my's, 602nd Road Traffic The 1 t Platoon is kept quite busy very high, "Personally I like what we Control Regiment has changed very with it's different jobs if fo r no other are doing here in Bosnia. It is the li ttle. Just as it was when Napoleon reason than the fact that it is a rela first time that we have been able tc Bonaparte established the unit in tively small unit, "We only have 29 1807, after logistics problems in the men and 10 vehicles," said Pillard. battle of Austerlitz, the 602nd's mis "With each convoy I must send three sion is to reconnoiter perspective vehicles, one light-armored and two routes for troop movement and to heavy-armored vehicles. At any one guard convoys of supplies. time, I have one company on recon ; "Our primary mission (in IFOR) is one on alert; one on our main route of to facilitate the movement of the patrol, Sarajevo to J abianica; and one Division Salamandre throughout on down time. We cover between 10 theater," said Lt. Bruno Pillard, 1st and 50,000 kilometers a month in our Traffic Control Platoon commander vehicle, and with the constant for Sarajevo. "In the past, Napoleon's turnover of conscripted soldiers every time, our unit was also responsible four months, we are kept very busy. .. " for actually moving the supplies, as well as guarding them. ow we just Satellite comms, quick recovery. protect the convoys as they move." Their mission does not end with simply escorting convoys or Guarding any nation patrolling roads. They are often The 602nd is divided into three sep called upon to help IFOR vehicles arate platoons; one in Sarajeyo and that break down on 602's roads of one each in Mostar and Ploce. Each responsibility. platoon is responsible for patrolling "We come across vehicles with Sgt. Oliver Gebbier (left) and Lt. Bruno PtltarcL show ofT their amphibious, Fren c· 11 the roads in its area, as well as engine trouble, or vehicles that have (light armored vehicle) that is the standa.·d vehicLe used by the 602nd Road' putting up road signs and markers; been in accidents all the time," said Control Regiment during convoy escort dulv. Photo: CPJC, Sarajevo. relaying intelligence reports on the Gebbier. "When this happens we ren condition and safety of the roads, der whatever service that we can. In perform our duties outside of France, "Yes, I like it here well enough marking out possible alternate routes most cases it is simply a matter of and I find the multi-national coopera said Premiere Cia s David J acq, 11nd escorting convoys that request getting on our satellite communica tion exceptional," said Pillard. vehicle driver with the 1st platoo armed protection. tions ystem and calling for a recov "I too, have enjoyed our tour here," "It is interesting... but, I have a gi "We have a great deal of responsi ery vehicle. The system uses only a said Gebbier, "I have been with the friend at home that I miss, and bility in MND-SE because we can be keyboard into which we type mes- regiment since 1983, and this is the would like to see her. " He'll soon called on to escort convoys from any ages back and fo rth. It is very quick, first time we have gotten to do some his wish: the 602nd is due to rot nation that requests it," said Sgt. reliable and it has meant that we no thing like thi . Although, it was more back to France ju t befo Oliver Gebbier, a 1st Platoon vehicle longer have the problems that you get fun when it was warmer." Christmas." isoko - Have you seen oldiers in in Luxembourg consi~ts only or volpn to Croatia from Belgium V!FOR wearing American uniform , teers. That is an infantry battalion, but all Luxembourg. Evet·y Saturday they Luxembourg French boots, British berets, Belgian flak the same, their contribution to JFOR is as the seven-hour trip back to Visoko jackets, and carrying Austrian weapons a logistic unit. They are under command accomplish smaller missions in the ne· all at the arne time? Then you have prob of the Belgian contingent of the multi area. This Army contributes to !FOR ably have seen one of the 24 soldiers from national battalion in Visoko, where one recovery vehicle, four MA tr in IFOR Luxembourg soldiers serving in BELUGA Greeks and Austt·ians also participate. and one MAN refrigerated truck: I Group in Visoko north of Sarajevo. The group is re~ponsible for ~upporting tion they have four HMMWVS (Hum\ lLt. Rune M 0klebust The 800-strong armed forces back home IFOR and is under command of !FOR for the security squad and convoy lea Support Command in Zagreb. Flexibility Infantry to logisti c "ln between the weekly missions to, "In the early stages of !FOR, we have done a lot of work m·ound Vi Luxembourg decided to join the We have for in~tance transported tir. force through close co-operation and tiles," said Commander of the tr with Belgium," Commander of the port squad, lLt. Steve Thull. "lam the Luxembourg Detachment, Capt. voy leader every week to Split, and I t Patrick Grisius, said. "After it i~ very nice that a very small natiot Belgium decided to ~end a logi~tic Luxembourg has the command of a c unit to IFOR, we had to convert where the Belgian~ also pcuticipate. from infantry to logistic. It was a proud of that position, and 1 think 111) different experience and another vet·~ are as well," he said. way of thinking. We have had to be Communication with other nntiot more flexible, and I thmk we have IFOR is no problem for the represent< _/.~~!'B·U managed it. At the same time we from the small state. Most of the so try to maintain our infantry skills," speak German, French and English in Grisius added. tion to thetr mother tonr,•ue which is a Their main mission in BELUGA binauon of German and l•'rench. Group is to be respon ·ible !'or the In closin g, Grisius concluded, "I thi supplie~ for the battalion. Ever) fact that we ~peak dif1erent lanh'l.tage~ Thursday they conduct a com·uy we combine equtpmcnt !'rom together with the I3els < n. to nation~ and that we could mak 1L t. S teve Tlw ll is. t Ize convoy lea d er on t I te weerlz l y convoys to Sp l it. "I am prou d Divulje Barracks near ~pitt to get changeover ft·om infantry to logistic that position," he said. Photo: lLt. Rune M0ldebust class-one ~upplies IFOH L 1FOH1\IER 7 Self help Minimum maintenance saves time and trouble • Make sure that you have sufficient anti-freeze solution and that it is suit able for minimum temperatures lLt. Rune M0klebust expected; • Check battery and charge as often odrica - Driving in snow or as possible; M icy road conditions puts more • Keep the surface of the battery strain on vehicles than any other clean so that dirt and grease do not sea on. The winters in the Balkans interfere with the chemical reaction inside. Use warm water to clean. are cold, and it is important to carry • Make sure that yow- windscreen out regular maintenance on all vehi was[ler solution does not freeze. You cles according to Pvt. Steve Lind. can do this by adding anti-freeze. Do Lind, from orway, is a profes not use plain water! sional mechanic and a specialist on • Check out that your windscreen trucks for the Maintenance wipers are in good repair. Company of the orwegian Logistic • Make sure that all lights are func Battalion, ordic-Polish Brigade, tioning, ancl wash them as often as possible. Remember: see and be seen. Modrica. • Also make sure that your tyres are "We mostly do regular servicmg in good condition and that yo ur on the vehicles, and that is done chains fit. Remember to put the whether it is winter or not," Lind chains on as soon as necessary. Do said. "But maintenance on vehicles not wait until it is too late and you end up in need of recovery. becomes especially important dur • For comfort inside the vehicle, ing the winter," he added. check that your heating ~ystem is "Every IFOR driver who comes by working properly. with problems, will get help from • Always keep a key de-icing kit with us. We are located in a former you. It doesn't help you if it is inside garage, and we therefore have very the car. good facilities," Lind said. "With Pvt. Steve Lllld, mechalllc for the NORDPOL Brigade, at worh on a gear box. Lmd • Check the oil level regularly. good and regular maintenance a car aclvi ·es all drivers to carry out basic maintainance to help avoid serious breahclowns. • Check regulary for leaks. will keep going for a long time." Plwto:lLt. Rune Moldebust. How will winter effect mi es? Mike Stailey and Steve Hughes mum, without endangering motorist or yourself. Mine Co-ordination Centre Zagreb No longer visible After spending the past two weeks here are a number of problems travelling around various locations Tthat will arise over the next few in Bo nia and Croatia, the Mine Co months regarding the mine itua ordination Centre (MCCC) person tion. Personnel are going to have to nel have noticed that minefields that be more vigilant now that winter have been marked and are normally ha arrived, and it is a different kind easy to see, are now difficult to see, of vigilance that i called for. For and in some cases the signs have example, a snow blurs the bound been removed by persons unknown. aries between road and verges, a Another problem is that, depend common rule should be not to ch-ive, ing on the amount of now in any The PMA-3 anti-personnel nune, cons1tlered by many experts to be the most walk, or park near road given area, a lot of the fence markers dangerous mule present in Biff clue to 1/s size, hf"espan, and ability to float. Photo: CPIC, Sarajevo. shoulders/verges. If there i snow on and in some cases the fences them- the ground, you cannot be certain elve have become covered with coloured pla tic tape. o if you see to have been thrown into rivers, where the road ends and the verge snow and are difficult to see or are any area taped off, stay clear because streams and lakes. Quite often these begins? no longer visible. i may contain mines or unexploded mines were laid on embankment· so The best thing to do is to follow In other places within BiH, mine ordnance. that when the snow comes, this mine other people' tracks if they can be clearance work is being carried out Above all, the advice from the may move into these bodies of water seen. If not, then it i be t to tay a by international companies and they MCCC is: if you have to leave the a the streams and river ·well from close to the middle of the road a pos mark the mined areas in which they road or go into areas that you have the melting snow. sible and to keep speed to a mini- are working by using variou never been to before, check with you The PMA-3 al ·o has a black rubber operations room or the nearest mine covering which makes it waterproof information center to get detailed to a certain extent. This increases the information on the area. life of' the mine's activity and means Input from personnel has indicat that they will be around for quite a ed that some mines and fuses will while. One particularly dangerou freeze to the point that they will not aspect of the covering is that it may be able to operate. This may be true; rot ofT if the mine is left undergTound however, no one knows which mines for an extended period of time. This will freeze and which will not makes the mine even easier to deto because it depends on tne type of nate. If any of these mines are seen mine, the soil type and the depth at do not, for any rea ·on, try to remove which it is buried. o, there is no rea them, but report them immediately to son to think that because of cold the nearest headquarters so that the weather, a mine has become safer. proper demining personnel can be One of the most serious mine contacted. threats for winter is the PMA-3, For more information on mine anti-personnel mine. This mine, au·areness or training requests, The PMA-3 anti-personnel mute m 1ts bloch, rubber casmg. This casing gives a which many expert consider the please contact the Mine Co degree ol impermeability to wate1; mcreaswg the mine's li/espan and allowing illo most dangerou in theatre, has the Ordination Centre Zagreb at float in rivers and streams. Photo: CPI , , arajevo. unique ability to float and is known VSAT 151-2710 or 151-2508. 8 IFOR I FORMER Decembe1· 18, 1996 transport of some of these serum_ e IFOR does. "I've been coming here ince 1992 and 111 year since IFOR ha been here, the change I. - been phenomenal. Being able to move from place to place distributing a1d L" a key p mt to our effort' teet the lives of children and promote their devel in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bcmg , hie to move thro opment. The greater their vulnerability, the high ugh front lines and checkpom 1 pan mount. We er the priority. wouldn't have been able to mo\ H hour the assis Following its po t-WWII mission, U ICEF wa tance of IFOR." almost di banded, but the need for providing assis U ICEF has many plan· f tance to children in developing nations was Herzegovina. We plan on conrm deemed too greaL. Countries like Yugoslavia spoke as i tance of nutritional gmd out for continued upport. Yugo lavia wa the fir t and education a sistance. '"\\ h recipient of a feeding program on a scale never wit a country is in turmoil, the fir nessed before, reached more than 600,000 needy port programs," explained Duel children. aren't taken care of, the country \\ 1 Now, almost 50 years later, children and grand year to come. Children are thL u children of those who received assistance from forget that children are the mo,t '11 UNICEF are receiving needed aid," said Brigitte population. Their health situatiOn m Duchesne U ICEF Area Information Officer 111 and their education should be the r J02(AW) Kori Aho la araJevo. these problems aren't add1 Illustrations by 13-year-uld erge} Ka:;umuvic ji·om "IL's important to provide aid to children in ately, it will affect the futur Noul Grad tlwul, Tuzla. war-torn countries," said Duchesne. "But iL's will have in years to come. also important to give training in everything "We plan on being here at le, arajevo- The United :\'atwn Children's Fund from how to effectively teach a clas room _ t(.f 1998. We currently plan to m S (U ICEFJ turned 50 on Dec. 11, marking its of students, to how to recognize p ycho- £:.__ ~: ometime before the urn creation at the very fir ·t ·e · ion of the United logical trauma." I , "'''.-!-'' the century, providing the cur ations General As ·embly in 1946. Its initial One of the major problems we've ----..... rent tate of the nation mandate was to meet the emergency needs of chil found has been ineffective vaccines. doesn't decline." dren in the aftermath of World War II. Certain serums have to be kept at a The mandate has undergone a few changes over specific temperature in order to be the year . In 1950 the mandate was modified to effective. IFOR ha provided much include the enormou need of children in develop needed assistance in this area. The gov ing countries the world over, but i ·, in es ence, the ernments and even U ICEF haven't the same as when it was originally given: to help pro- infrastructure or logistics support to provide IFOR comes to U.N. aid Italian Signal Corps sengers was seriously Capt. Javier Marcos. injured in his head and Capt. Tito Tolla formance, as on previous missions in Lebanon, back." amibia, Turkey, Iraq, Albania, Somalia and una - A United With no special tools ilitary communication between Italy and Mozambique." B Nations vehicle had a available, the Spanish ol M Italian forces throughout the entire former serious accident Dec. 6, due diers still managed to liber Yugoslavia, have always run smoothly thanks to Multiple applications to winter weather condi ate the passengers trapped the Italian ignal Company, Leonessa, accord Through a vtdeo tele-conference system, it is tions. However, thanks to in the vehicle. "In less ·than ing to their commander, Capt. Giovanni possible for doctor· in different Italian ho ·pitals efforts of IFOR oldiers who 45 minu tes, one ambulance Gagliano. to actualls watch and supervise medical and sur came to the rescue, the fr om Mostar hospital, and At the beginning of Operation Joint gical operations being carried out hundreds of injuries of the passengers two others from the French Endeavour, with little time to settle in, the ignal miles away at the Italian Field Hospital in were not life threatening. and Spanish contingents company established connections that linked · arajevo and give advice and instructions in real " It was 16:45 hrs., and arrived," said Grande. overseas units with tho e in the homeland. time. 1 we were driving from Stelae Three of the occupants of "These re ults were mainly due to our person Other important real-time applications of the to Mostar, when suddenly a the vehicle suffered only nel" ·aid Detachment Commander Lt. Davide system relate to the logistic manning of the oper Croatian police vehicle bruising. The fourth pas Dettori, of the Leonessa Signal element in Place, ation. All logistic data is exchanged in real time stopped us asking for help," senger suffered severe head Croatia. ''They have given an outstanding per· throughout the logistic chain. Moreover, said Lt. Col. Jose Grande, injuries and a broken hip through an integrated Global Position ystem, it who at the time was the and is being treated in a is possible to monitor the position of a single commander of an IFOR civilian hospital in Mostar. vehicle on the ground, and view tt on a digitized convoy passing through the Trying to avoid any and video-display map. area "A United Nations all kinds of accidents is a member from India major priority in The lonely sold ier explained that their vehicle Multinational Division Most of these soldiers, deployed in had been tran porting four South East. Safety briefings Croatia and Bosnia, come from Leonessa people and that 1t had left are being conducted on a Signal Detachment in Place. ignallers from the road because of the dan daily basis in MND-SE to Leonessa often deploy to isolated positions, gerous condition_ on a hair ensure that soldiers there sometimes running posts on mountain tops. pin bend, and rolle i to the are aware of worsening Their duty period there ranges from two to six bottom of the valle>).·· road conditions due to win weeks. Grande added. ter weather. All drivers are "When we are posted in remote places, cut "When we arrived then,. made a\'"are that they must off from our camp, we spend our time improv we could see how dangerous carry and u.-e snow chains; ing the quality of connections, safety memmres the curve in the road wa reduce -peed limit· to allow and our logistic accommodations," ·atd Cpl. becau e of the ice and lack for bad wea her. and con Giovanni Masciotta. "Conditions during the of visibility. A::- "oon as we stantly updd e their knowl first phase of IFOR were very han;h, especially under tood the ·1tuation, edge of the 1tuut10n becau ·e of the winter. Now we have some we began workm,., to get the through we, ther report Capt Gwvanm Gaglwno former commander spare time to watch televtsion, wnte letters, passenger· out and back up and leaflets that , re being of the !talwn Stgnal Company Leonessa, play cards and take photos. Landscapes are to the road. One of hE:' pa - distributed in M. D- E Photo: Italian Army. ·always wonderful from these hetghts." ' .. 'IFOR I FORMER 9 Right: Children at the Home for Chilt/r('fl 1ntlwur Purel!ll· sholl' [ S Army stuffsergeal!l. Randy L. /) uFis. u Po/uroid photo givmTo them b) WI American combat photo[!.rapho: Duvis Has purl of 1111 Arnencan con tingent 11·hich delivered aid to the children :1' orphanage. Below: U.S. Air Force Chaplain Leo P. Obnen plays the harmonica 11'1111e visiting The Home for Children withouT Parellls orplwnllf!.l'. Obrien und a cowingent from the Ta sk Fm1·e Eagle buse in Tuzla. brought clmhing and school supplies to the 153 residents of the home. This 11'(1S the firsT visiT To be organi~ed by The Air Force using donations from private individuuls and churches in The U. S. ''We 've been selling This operation up for four months,,. said Obrien, who is a Roman Catholic priest. ''This kind of ef(orr projects a positive vzew of The !FOR troops." Advija Hercegovac. the orplwna?,e's direc10r: said thaT donations of This sort were the only thing that has kept her instii!IIion going. "Before the u·ar, we didn 't kno11· ju.1·t hmv mw1y friends we fwd Ollis ide tl;is country,,. she said. Photos: JO I Dante DeAnxelis U.S. troops meet with the children J Meals ready to eat Lean beef', too oily. ally swimming in a deep green olive oi l. But, in all Th beef was actually pretty lean, if not a little fairness, I don't like ::;tuffed grape leaves anyway. ::;tringy, and the beans tasted like regular pork and Wrapped to last. By SSgt. Glenn A. Johnson bean::; you might buy at the store. However, the The brick of nadwrs that I mentioned earlier entire <:ontcnts were swimming in some kind of was ju::;t that. The pad Capt. Javier Marcos. oslur-Orliges- As eFenone in tlieolre /.:nm1·.\ \l'eother conditions M ure gelling \l'orse us ti111e goes h.1·. An e.ra111ple oj'll·hot BiH \l'erlther can of/(-'r hojJjJened in the centutl COIIIJJ of the M11ltinutionol Di1·ision c)'o~tlh-I::ust. Beginnin~ Dec. I. Tretnetf(/olls 11 ·ind1. ~11.11ing ./im11 90 to /50 k111/h. cu11.1ed enom1o11.\ nwteriul dunw~<' 11111in/\ 111 the French. Ito/ion, Momccon ond SjJoni.lh ureus oF t'l'\fi0/1\IIJ//it\'. One lutndrecl oncl.fifi\' lll'UIT tents \\'ere dl'slm\'ed, .fill'! wa/1 utn cunwiners \l'ere ruined, cori111ecs 11•ere hlml'll m·er like / Ph oto h1· MND-SE. 10 IFOR Ic.lFORMER December 18, 1996 Sports page compiled by SSgt. Glenn A. Johnson. ~[l][!d WORLD SPORTS[;] Source: Associated Press Mansell eyes comeback in Formula One test arcelona, pain (AP) - Former instead for the TWR Arrows team. Bworld champion Nigel Mansell, Mansell's times Wednesday were who ended an embarrassing come the slowest of nine drivers testing, back attempt 18 months ago, tested which included Williams-Renault's last Wednesday with Jordan Jacques Villeneuve. A Jordan Peugeot and could be on the verge of spokesman said the times - about another return to Formula One. four seconds behind Canadian Mansell, 43, suffered an embarrass Villeneuve would probably ing F-1 comeback last year when the improve on Thursday's second day cockpit of his McLaren was too small, of testing. forcing him to miss the first two races. Jordan team owner Eddie Jordan, He eventually competed in two races speaking after Mansell took his ini before quitting. tial laps around the Catalunya cir Mansell has said he would be pre cuit, said nothing had been decided. pared to return to Formula One or "We have spoken and he (Mansell) IndyCar racing if the right offer came has come and had a look," Jordan along. He is the only driver to win the said. "He has fairly clearly stated F-1 and IndyCar championships in that he has not retired and that successive years (1992-31. things happened that he was not Football photo: Jach Reed of tlu .\/IIIIIesota \'Jinngs, leaps 11110 the a1rlo catch a touch Jordan, which has signed Ralf happy about. down pass 111 the \'iln11gs' 2.J :!2 tcut ot·er the lwpless Detroit Lwns Dec. 8. The Will Schumacher - the younger brother of "He would very much like to look lwep:; the Vilnngs In the ru/11111•,..{ fur the last twu tt·Ilclcard playuflspots Ill the NFC. The two-time champion Michael at Jordan and sec if he can bring Lwns who tcerc cluniiiafccl from playoff cuntentwn, can I lOLl unly play the rule o{spotl Schumacher- is looking for an experi them hopefully into the consistent er by upsettlllg those luulnng for a p/(lyofT Photo: AR enced driver to complement the rook winners circle but it's really nothing ie. Jordan earlier tried to sign world more Lhan thaL at this stage,'' champion Damon Hill, who opted Jordan added. ASSOCIATIO:'\ FOOTBALL PSG Meets AEK, Liverpool Visits Brann ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL Ronalda, Shearer, \Vea h compete for world's best eneva lAPl - Lt\'erpool anJLded the our particular draw," Liverpool chief Zurich: The International Football Gbig names in the EuropL•an Cup exccuti\'e Peter Robinson said. Federation !FIFAl Wednesday narrowed the Winners Cup quarterfinal draw ··we know quite a lot about orwegian 1996 world footballer of the year clown to three Wednesday when it was matched with football but we don't know this particu contenders - England's Alan Shearer, Liberian orway's SK Brann. lar club." George Wcah and Brazilian Ronaldo. ow it has a good t:hance to move clo::; In the l'EF.\ Cup quarterfinal, A record 120 national team coaches voted for er to a final venue which has been kind b\'ored Inter ~li!,m goes to Belgium's the prize - whose previous recipients have to English clubs 111 the past. English 1\nderlecht in the first leg :Vlarch 4, included Lothar Matthaus ( 1991), ~larco Van Basten (199:2), Huberto Baggio (199:3), Homario teams have won the la::;t two Cup l\'ewcastle hosts AS ~1onaco and the two !1994) and George Weah (1995). Winners Cup finals in Rotterdam Span ish teams, Tenerife and Valencia, (Everton in 1985 and :\1anche::;ter managed to av01d each other. !\ Ii ghty Juventus go clear. I.kck<;r p0\1 crs '' ay to United in '91 as well as winning Lhe first Tcnerife ho;;ts Dan1sh club Broendby, Ucline, Italy: \Vorlcl champions Juventus $!.87 5 111 illion to be staged there back in 1963 which produced the biggest turnaround moved three point~ clear at the top of Italy's Scrie A on Wednesday night after two first-half :\Junich ,\Pl - Boris Be ( l'ottenham). This season's final is May in European cup~ history in the previous penalties lined up a 4-1 victory over Uclinese cker :;erved WIth de\'a:;tmi ng 14. round, and Valencia goes to Germany's Alen Boksic, whose goals have been crucial to efficiency again~t the most When the Champions Cup was last Schalkc in the first leg. Broendby scored Juvcntus' Champions League campaign, ferocious sern~r in the game held in Rotterdam, it also was won by an a spedacular 5-0 victory at Germany's opened the scoring after 23 minutes, and in the and beat Guran Ivanise\'ic 1n English club, Aston Villa, in 19 '2. Karlsruhe in the second leg after losing 36th the Croatian .·triker earned a penalty con straight sets to w1n the most lucrative prize 1n tennis Dec. b. While Barcelona faces AIK Solna of 3-1 at home. Tenerife had a 4-2 victory verted by Alessandro Del Piero. Riding the support of a par Sweden, Benfica meets Fiorentina and at Dutch club Feycnoord to reach the Monaco edge through to remain cup tisan crowd of 10,000 in the defending champion Paris Saint last c1ght so the quarterfinal meeting fa vo urites c1ty where. he lives, Becker Germain hosts AEK Athens, Liverpool with Brocnclby promises to be high scor Paris: :\1onaco just edged second division routed Ivani.-;evic 6-3.6-4,6-4 must Yi ·it the orwegian club in the ing. 1ewca ·tie beat another French Troyes 4-2 on penallie::; after a 3-3 score follow in the final of the .;·6 million first leg ;.1arch 6 and has the advantage club, Mctz, in the previou ·round. "This ing extra time on Dec. 11 to remain favourites Grand Slam Cup. of playing the ::;econd at Anfield two was one of the teams we didn't want to in the French League Cup. The victory earned Becker weeks later. get, maybe with Inter Milan," :\1onaco Lyon and Marseille provided a double shock $l.o75 million l\'anisevic had to settle fur Siil2,!i00. "I don't think any of the matches are technical director Henri Biancheri said on Tuesday by beating Paris Saint Germain and "I felt good from the :;tart, I easy at this point but Wl' .1re happy with of the draw with ewcastle. Auxerre respectively to 6'1·ab their quarter-final spot. returned well and I was get Lyon, last season's beaten finalists, beat the ting n1y f'ir;-;t ;-;crve:::; in," RCGBY UNION Cup Winners Cup champions 2-1 while Becker ·aiel. Marseille beat champions Auxcrrc 3-2 - after '!'he tournament brings both came from behind. together the 16 men w1th the South Africa A finish on a high best record1n the four Grand Aberdeen grab second spot Slam tournaments of the Glouchester, England: South Mrica • motored to a 35-20 win over Glasgow: Aberdeen jumped over Celtic to go year - the Austrahan. French England A here on Wednesday after the tourist.: finished the match with a into second place in the Scottish Premier and U.S. Opens and flourish. Division seven points behind leaders Hangers Wimbledon. after two late goals for a 2-1 win at Hearts. ,\s the .\ustraltan Open The South Mricans managed to score their trie in the last eight minutes In other matches, Raith grabbed a late goal champion, Becker's prize to ensure victory over England, whose fly-half )..lark Mapletoft had kicked for a 1-0 win at M.otherwcll and Dunfermline money aslo included a them into a surpri~e 20-18 lead midway through the ·ccond half. beat H1bcrnian 2-1. .:·250,000 bonus for that title. December 18, 1996 IFOR I0JFORMER 11 Soldier Sub-CPIC, Zagreb n the filth of December, 't. ONicholas paid a surpas:; vi::;it in the to !FOR Support Command in Zagreb. The character of St. ic is based on a panish Bishop Spotlight from the 12th century. 1\ssisted by "Black Peters," l~e gathers mf(n·matwn on who has be~n 60od or bad and, on the occasion of" his birthday tDec. 5), he either gives pre ·ents to the good or kid naps the bad and takes them away to Spain. During his visit to Zagreb, St. Nic took part in a video telecon ference vllth lFOR HQ, Sarajevo, to wish the staff a merry Chri ·tmas. When asked where his horse was, St. Nicholas claimed that it had been detained by the French military in Ploce because he did not have the cor rect customs clearance. He also ·ent season's greetings to the entire IFOR and warned every one that he is the "real" Father Christmas and that people ::;hould beware of the impostor St. Niclwlas attends a ~;taff" briefing in Zagreb to malle ~;ure everyone u; being good fur Christmas. who turns up on the 25th. Ph oto: Sub-CPJC, Zagreb. Liutn• Curpaml Ttlctli Bahculur t Ssgt. Glenn A. John on oralici - Lance Corporal CTilak Bahadur Rai, a com munications specialist from the Queen's Ghurka Signal· detach ment in Coralici, laughed when some confusion about the name on his uniform came into ques tion, "There are only seven last names in Tepa !, " said Tilak smiling. "So it would get very confusing if we put our ::;ur names on our uniforms. There are many other Raisin this unit, so we are always culled by our first name, it i::; much easier that way." Bosnia and Herzegovina is just one of the many places that Tilak has been assi~,rned to since Pfc. Uganda Lawho rn, U.S. Anny joining the Ghurkas 11 years Question and photos b y ago. Lt. Tom Jeffries, U.K. Army "/ ordered about $1000 doLlars worth oj' IFOR Informer Staff "I have been to Brunei, Hong cloihes ag·es a,!..{o and they ::;till haven't "1 l!'Ould really lilw to have my girlfi·iend Kong, England, Ali·ica ... l was in arrived here yet. 1 want those for around fur thl' holiday~;." the same compoun_d when the Christmas." Khobar Towers incident hap pened in Saudi 1\rabia," said Tilak Adaptive to change. Because he is used to travel ing, Tilak adapt::; to the changes in duty :;tation very well, '' 1 hkc It here pretty well, aiLhough l haven't been hL•rc long. Sometimes it is han! to under stand the Canadians who l work with because they have a French accent that I'm not used to. But we still get along well." The climatt> change is also no problem for TIIak. "'I like the snow. It gets cold in 1 ·epa!, but 1 live in a vallev: so for me to see snow I have to walk thre~.: da\'s up into the mountain:;., Tilak cited pnde and tradition as Ius prime motJVation for JOlll mg the Ghurkas, ·'Many men from my area have become Ghurkas·, and the people of 1 cpa! are very proud of us," said . 'gt. \laj. Hans Docs, Tilak. SSgt. David Angulo, Dutch Army "Just ask people what they German Army Spanish Army Chn~lnuu; know about Nepal and many "'That 1s very ea.~y.. lrcould lil1e to go home "/ would lilw Father Chnslma::; tv mal1e "/ uould /ilw Fa/her to bring don't know anything or very lit lo my (amdy fur Chnstmas filii<'. Bul tlus the tune here go fast so that I can go home ~ooc/ wealher to 'oraJet•o. No jug or bad tle. But, everybody know~ what _lear 1/ is impvs.~1ble because J red/ have to tv my fanuly. I'd al::;o lihe the Bosnian peo u·eather fur euCJ:vbucly. and that evei:VOJ!e a Ghurku is." ::;lay here 111 'arqJet·v." ple to find !herr peace Clll([ slop j!ghtlllg." haue o good Chn.~lmas and Ne1~ Yea1: '' December 18, 1996 12 IFOR I FORMER