Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes | 180th Fighter Wing Ohio National Guard | 08.03.2022
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Igor Petrovich, a deputy judge advocate at the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio, provides legal support to the staff judge advocate and Airmen at the 180FW. Petrovich was born in Travnik, Bosnia and arrived to the U.S. in 1999 after he and his family were granted refugee status due to war in the region he was born. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes)...
Hometown: Travnik
Story by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes | 180th Fighter Wing Ohio National Guard | 08.03.2022
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Igor Petrovich is no stranger to adversity. Born and raised in Travnik, Bosnia in 1989, just two years before the Yugoslav Wars broke out in the region, he lived with his parents and grandparents in a traditional farming community.
His family and heritage are diverse and consisted of members of three warring sides of the Yugoslav Wars; Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia....
Hometown: Travnik
Story by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison | 433rd Airlift Wing | 08.05.2020
On August 6, 1992, the United States established diplomatic relations with Bosnia-Herzegovina following its independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; however, the country was in the midst of conflict.
Tensions between Bosnia’s Muslims, Croats and Serbs escalated into armed conflict early in 1992 as a result of the break-up of Yugoslavia, which began earlier in......
Hometown: Banja Luka
Photo by Sgt. Christina Dion | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | 09.03.2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina soldiers and twins, Soldiers 1st Class Emir and Nermin Sirovina, both military police, have served together for six years. The two grew up in Sarajevo and continue to serve side-by-side at Camp West at Hohenfels Training Area Sept. 2. Exercise Saber Junction 2014 includes participants from the U.S., NATO allies and European security partners, conducting unified land......
Hometown: Sarajevo
Story by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division | 08.16.2013
Soldiers from the 115th Military Police Battalion, a National Guard unit out of Salisbury, Md., participated in a friendly game of soccer with their international counterparts, a military police battalion from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 14....
Hometown: Gorazde
Story by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division | 08.16.2013
Soldiers from the 115th Military Police Battalion, a National Guard unit out of Salisbury, Md., participated in a friendly game of soccer with their international counterparts, a military police battalion from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 14....
Hometown: Sarajevo
Story by Lance Cpl. Mel Johnson | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.22.2013
A breeze blew across the field, picking up dust and depositing it on the Marines preparing themselves for an assault.
The squad leader in a final attempt to motivate the Marines said only a few words, “Same as before boys, find your target and kill it.”...
Hometown: Sarajevo
