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Crowd and Riot Control - Exercise “Silver Sabre” KFORThe KFOR Magazine for KFOR CHRONICLE Soldiers November 2014 CROWD AND RIOT CONTROL - EXERCISE “SILVER SABRE” JRD-C TRANSFER MNBG-E TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY OF AUTHORITY www.nato.int/kfor CONTENT PICTURE: Hajrullahu Afrim CROWD AND RIOT CONTROL - EXERCISE “SILVER SABRE” OPENING ADDRESS COS KFOR. MNBG - E Conducts HOTO Ceremony. 03 JRD - C Change of Command Ceremony 04 JRD - C 06 Feel the Pulse “SILVER SABRE” Crowd and riot control - exercise 07 News in Brief 08 Summary of COM KFOR CARABINIERI MSU CIMIC Activities in November. Helping Those to Whom We Ent- 10 rust the Future of Kosovo. 13 SFA KFOR CELEBRATES Security Force Assistance Austrian National Day. 14 Conference. 15 KOSOVO CELEBRATIONS UNITED KINGDOM 91st Anniversary of the Annual Act of Remembrance. 16 Republic of Turkey. 17 KFOR CELEBRATES LEGAD Polish National Independence Ensuring Prolific Progress 18 Day. 19 LOGISTICS REPORTING PROFILES User Course. Hermes Mateus. Thomas Sperl-Salzmann. 20 21 SUDOKU An activity for the brain. PICTURE OF THE MONTH Your chance to be a part of it! 22 23 2 KFOR CHRONICLE 11/2014 COS KFOR OPENING ADDRESS – CHIEF OF STAFF As the Chief of Staff of KFOR, I would like to express my gratitude to all KFOR personnel for their outstanding contributions towards maintaining a Safe and Secure Environment (SASE) and Freedom of Movement (FOM) in Kosovo. You do this by supporting and enhancing the security institutions in Kosovo and supporting, within our means and capabilities, the international community. This supports our mandate in Kosovo along the lines of operations according to our orders. Maintaining a secure environment enables progress towards normalization and implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement. I have witnessed exponential recovery. I would like to stress the importance growth in professionalism and cooperation of wearing proper protective gear during amongst those I have come into contact with training and operations and leader involvement since arriving in June. The KFOR Team makes in safety and risk management. Wearing proper a difference every day and your efforts do not protective gear helps mitigate injuries and go unnoticed. maintain a constant state of readiness. We conduct training exercises to prepare our KFOR has also experienced an increase in forces for situations that we may encounter. vehicle accidents and driving infractions. Key The Silver Sabre exercise took countless leaders and personnel need to stay safe and hours of detailed planning, preparation, and obey all rules and laws. Please maintain your coordination. It is important to understand each situational awareness out on the roadway as other’s capabilities while enhancing our own. I the weather conditions become worst over the was able to visit the exercise this month and see winter season. the demonstrated capabilities of multi-national units collaborating to achieve a single purpose. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas Together, we accomplished the mission by each and a Happy New Year. of us completing our assigned tasks. The results are undeniable as the Kosovo Police continues to build capacity and exhibit proficiency in Brigadier General maintaining SASE and FOM. Michael L. Scholes Unfortunately, we had a KFOR Soldier suffer KFOR Chief of Staff an injury during the exercise. I want to send my best wishes to him and hope for a speedy KFOR CHRONICLE 11/2014 3 MNBG E CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO – MULTINATIONAL BATTLE GROUP-EAST CONDUCTS HOTO CEREMONY. Paratroopers of the Alaska-based 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division took command of Multinational Battle Group-East (MNBG-E) from the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas in Camp Bondsteel on 25 Oct. Over the course of the previous nine months, the 504th BfSB and its subordinate multinational units conducted numerous joint operations with key players in Kosovo, which included the Kosovo Police, Kosovo Security Forces and the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX). Administrative Boundary Line with Serbia, which directly ad- vanced the mission of KFOR. “The brigade’s time in Kosovo proved to be both professionally and personally rewarding for everyone assigned to the batt- le group,” said U.S. Army Col. Charles Hensley, commanding officer of the 504th BfSB and out- going commander of MNBG-E. “I know I can speak for everyone when I say that our time spent here [in Kosovo] will not be soon forgotten as the relationships we forged with the people of Kosovo will have a lasting, positive impact for years to come.” At a press conference conduc- ted after the ceremony, the inco- ming commander of MNBG-E, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Clint Baker, thanked his predecessors and tur- PICTURE: Hajrullahu Afrim ned an eye toward tomorrow by describing the honour inherent Providing the ceremony’s key- ons including a cross border re- in such a mission which allows note address, COM KFOR Maj. scue of two lost and injured EU- MNBG-E to serve the people of Gen. Francesco Paolo Figliuo- LEX partners in Albania,” said Kosovo. “We view this mission as lo lauded the 504th BfSB’s ser- COM KFOR. Additionally, he an excellent opportunity to work vice by calling attention to the highlighted the tangible results with our multinational partners multiple missions the brigade of MNBG-E operations over the in assisting the Kosovo Police and accomplished. Under the 504th preceding nine months, which EULEX as they continue to provi- BfSB, MNBG-E “responded to included successful support of de a safe and secure environment 187 [unexploded ordnance] re- national and municipal elec- and freedom of movement here quests . provided over 2,618 tions, training support of the in Kosovo,” said Baker. “Team- hours of flight time [and] flew Kosovo Security Forces and nu- work will enable us to succeed 27 [medical evacuation] missi- merous joint patrols along the and our success will contribute to 4 KFOR CHRONICLE 11/2014 MNBG E ducts peace support operations in accordance with United Na- tions Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Military Technical Agreement in order to provide a safe and secure environment and allow freedom of movement throughout Kosovo. Major Hallmark OF- 3 US Army a brighter future for the people of Kosovo.” A light infantry, airbor- ne capable organization, the 4/25 IBCT (ABN) brings with it one of its six organic organizations – the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment – and touts se- veral highly trained multinational units from countries such as Ger- many, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Romania and Armenia as a part of the battle group formation. As a part of the larger overall KFOR mission, MNBG-E con- PICTURE: Hajrullahu (3) Afrim KFOR CHRONICLE 11/2014 5 JRD-C CoC JRD-C: CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY On Friday 07 November KFOR Commander Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo presided over the change of command ceremony in Camp Film City Pristina, to mark the handover of command within Joint Regional Detachment Centre (JRD-C). Many distinguished visitors were present at the ceremony as well as all the Kosovo Force Commanders. Colonel Alfon- so Manfredi handed over com- mand to Colonel Corrado Benzi after nearly six months in the appointment. The parade con- sisted of troops from the JRD, namely Finland, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey. The JRD Centre Area of Responsibility covers almost one third of the entire territory of the country. COMKFOR welcomed the new JRD-C Commander and wished him all the best. In his speech Major General Figliuolo stated: „KFOR has developed a strong portant role played by JRD-C in speech by thanking all of the JRD- partnership with the various ins- providing a safe and secure envi- C members for their strong co- titutions in Kosovo and the inter- ronment in Kosovo, in particular operation with the international national community; we continue the coordination of the diverse and local security providers. He to work hand in hand with KSF needs and interests of the various remarked how they, with princip- and KP to improve their capabi- institutions, organizations, and les of „EXAMPLE ENDEAVOUR lities. We are working daily with ethnicities in the Area of Respon- ENTRUST”, were capable of ac- EULEX, UNMIK, and OSCE in sibility. He also highlighted the complishing the mission in sup- order to facilitate handing over important and concrete relation- port of the democratic develop- responsibilities to linked local au- ships established with the Pec Pa- ment of Kosovo”. thorities as Kosovo strengthens triarchate, the Devic and Decane . its security structures”. Regarding Monasteries and the Islamic com- Lt Burak Colonel Manfredi’s tour, General munity representatives. OF- 1 TUR A Figliuolo remarked on the im- General Figliuolo concluded his 6 KFOR CHRONICLE 11/2014 JDR-C FEEL THE PULSE – JOINT REGIONAL DETACHMENT CENTER TODAY Kosovo towns and villages are full of stories. Everyday life is like a pulse in Kosovo veins. We have a motto in the Joint Regional Detachment Center (JRD-C): “Feel the pulse of KOSOVO/ KOSOVA”. This motto is at the core of our job – to have as much situational awareness as possible in support the KFOR mission. JRD-C consists of ten Liaison pulse patrols, monitor important on a regular basis. Every year we and Monitoring Teams (LMTs) events and incidents and report see pilgrims going to these im- and the Headquarters. It is a the information to the JRD-C HQ. portant religious sites. Some re- multi-national detachment led The teams are responsible for 13 ligious events may incite protests by Italy, consisting of five nati- municipalities with approximate- or harassment. Our job is to as- onalities: Finnish, Hungarians, ly 1. 2 million inhabitants. The sess, mitigate and monitor any Italians, Slovenians and Turks. capital PRISHTINA/PRISHTINE events regarding these important These soldiers work together and PEC/PEJE, the biggest town religious sites.
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