NATO FORCE KFOR US ARMED FORCES CAMP BONDSTEEL vêlkrö 2-TAB: KOSOVO + US FLAG

Description: NATO FORCE KFOR US ARMED FORCES CAMP BONDSTEEL vêlkrö 2-TAB: KOSOVO + US FLAGThis is an Original BATTLE TESTED ELITE WARRIOR VELCRO PATCH - NATO FORCE KFOR US ARMED FORCES CAMP BONDSTEEL vêlkrö 2-TAB: KOSOVO + US FLAG. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Please note that there are color variations due to different settings on different PCs and different Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color. Personal checks are welcomed. Why is the US military Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo & Metohija (Serbia) so big that it's totally out of proportion with a peace-keeping force base (52 helipads!), and looks like Guantanamo or a town? What are the non-peacekeeping activities led there? Why is Russia opening a military base in Eastern Europe, Bosnia near NATO military installations? What are US troops actually doing in military bases in Europe? Do countries benefit from having US military bases, aside from protection? Is there a US military base in Kosovo? What was the reason for the location of the Bondsteel Military Base within Kosovo (Southeast)?The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force which was responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo[a]. KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. At the time, Kosovo was facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with military forces from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in daily engagement. Serb forces had committed ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians and the death toll had reached a historic high. Nearly one million people had fled Kosovo as refugees. KFOR has gradually transferred responsibilities to Kosovo Police and other local authorities. As of December 26, 2013, KFOR consists of 4000 troops. For the first time in a decade, active-duty soldiers will deploy to the small Balkan nation of Kosovo as the American contribution to the long-running NATO peacekeeping mission. The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C., will fly to Europe in April for training in Hohenfels before deploying to Kosovo, according to a U.S. Army Forces Command spokesman. It will be joined by smaller National Guard, reserve and other active-duty units to fill out capabilities, according to the official. The return of active-duty U.S. troops follows a decade of deployments by National Guard and reserve soldiers in place of units needed in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and the drawdown currently taking place in Afghanistan, more active-duty soldiers have become available for the Kosovo mission, according to the spokesman. A unit with the 1st Infantry Division made the last active-duty deployment, between November 2002 and July 2003, according to U.S. Army Europe.Camp Bondsteel is the main base of the United States Army under KFOR command in Kosovo. Located near Ferizaj in the eastern part of Kosovo, the base serves as the NATO headquarters for KFOR's Multinational Battle Group East (MNBG-E). The base is named after Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient United States Army Staff Sergeant James L. Bondsteel. Camp Bondsteel was constructed by the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion, 568 Combat Support Engineer Company together with the private Kellogg, Brown and Root Corporation (KBR) under the direction of the Army Corps of Engineers. KBR is also the prime contractor for the operation of the camp. The camp is built mainly of wooden, semi permanent SEA (South East Asia) huts and is surrounded by a 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high earthen wall. The camp occupies 955 acres (3.86 km2) of land. To construct the base, two hills were flattened and the valley between them was filled. In August 1999, 52 helipads were constructed on the facility's south perimeter to handle helicopter aviation. Camp Bondsteel is the operation headquarters of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo. It is located near Ferizaj/Uroševac[3] in southeastern Kosovo. It is the Regional Command-East headed by the United States Army (U.S. Army) and it is supported by troops from Greece, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey. The base is named after U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James L. Bondsteel, who is a Medal of Honor recipient. The camp occupies 955 acres (1.492 sq mi) of land. During the construction of the base, two hills were flattened and the valley between them was filled. In August 1999, 52 helipads were constructed on the facility's west perimeter to handle helicopter aviation. The camp is built mainly of wooden, semipermanent SEA (Southeast Asian) huts[5] and is surrounded by a 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high earthen wall. Camp Bondsteel was constructed by the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion, augmented by A Company, 864th Engineer Battalion and the 568th Combat Support Engineer Company, together with the Kellogg, Brown and Root Corporation (KBR). KBR was also the prime contractor for the operation of the camp. The planning, design, and construction management of the project was completed by the Construction Management Section of the 130th Engineer Brigade and a team from the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Camp Bondsteel has several facilities on base, all built with US military aid, that are used by both soldiers and civilian employees alike. The base can house up to 7,000 soldiers, making it the largest American base in the Balkans. The post exchange (PX) is the largest military exchange in Southeastern Europe and contains various necessities and luxuries. All of this is housed in the PX's two-story building. The base also has a hospital, two gyms, and two recreation buildings with phones, computers, pool tables, and video games. Camp Bondsteel also has a chapel, a large dining facility, a fire station, a military police station, two bars and three restaurants. There is also a barber shop, a laundry facility employing local nationals, a dry cleaner, a tailor, various local vendors who sell Kosovo souvenirs and products, and sports fields. Camp Bondsteel is not open to inspections by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), which has the right to visit all "places of detention" of the member states of the Council of Europe. Negotiations with KFOR were underway but were suspended because of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, which was not recognised by the Council of Europe. The United States Army had been criticised for using the base as a detention facility for suspected terrorists.[7] In November 2005, Álvaro Gil-Robles, the human rights envoy of the Council of Europe, described the camp as a "smaller version of Guantanamo" following a visit. Robles confirmed that the detention facilities belonged to KFOR, not any U.S. government agency, and "..the then KFOR boss, General Marcel Valentin, helped me as much as he could during my visits. There was no attempt to hide anything or hush anything up." The prisoners at the site when Robles visited had been jailed by KFOR under KFOR authority. The US Army denied the accusation that the detention facilities "were a smaller version of Guantanamo" and stated that there were no secret detention facilities in the Camp.Other items in other pictures are for your reference only, available in my eBay Store. They will make a great addition to your SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia collection. 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