Photo By Sgt. David Marquis | U.S. Army Capt. Demetrius Treadway (right), a Connecticut National Guard Soldier...... read more read more
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ROGAQIC, Kosovo - KFOR Soldiers were joined by Kosovo Border Police while conducting a joint multinational patrol on the Administrative Boundary Line separating Kosovo and Serbia.
These patrols, conducted several times per month by KFOR Soldiers, ensure safety, security and freedom of movement along the ABL.
U.S. Army Soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, joined a squad of Armenian soldiers and Kosovo Border Police officers for a dismounted patrol in a section of the ABL, showing different check points as well as their jurisdiction, Nov. 17, 2015, in Rogaqic, Kosovo.
The KBP also regularly patrol Kosovo’s border with Montenegro, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The ABL is the boundary line between Kosovo and Serbia, running from the Montenegro border in the west, to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border in the southeast.
“This is the first step, and there will be many more of these,” said Lt. Col. Jeffrey LaPierre, the commander of the Southern Command Post, assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East. Since the current KFOR rotation of forces entered Kosovo this summer, this was their first joint ABL patrol alongside the KBP.
“I view this event as two fold; there is a strategic goal and a tactical goal,” he said. “The strategic goal is for KFOR to support KBP in their ABL security mission, but as we move forward on the tactical side, for KBP to be the lead with KFOR assisting.”
“I would like to thank everybody for the cooperation, and I believe today was a very good experience for us,” said Sgt. Ramush Spahiu, a team leader with the KBP. “It is very special for us that we have finally patrolled these check points, and learned where we can and cannot pass.”
“I also believe that we will work even harder to raise our capacities to fulfill our duties,” Spahiu said. “As Kosovars, we know that we have challenges and we must be vigilant and work harder within the joint operations of KFOR.”
“I hope that we can continue our joint patrols with KFOR,” he added.
“I think that everything went really well today and this was a starting point to build on,” said Capt. Demetrius Treadway, an operations officer with the MNBG-E SCP. “Right now we are just pointing out different routes for us to follow during our patrols.”
“[The KBP] should be up on the ABL doing their part and conducting the patrols, and we are here to train and assist them in that,” Treadway said.
| Date Taken: | 11.17.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12.02.2015 07:23 |
| Story ID: | 183242 |
| Location: | ROGAQIC, ZZ |
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