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The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), his security personnel, and several unidentified soldiers walk in front of battle-damaged buildings in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), his security personnel, and several unidentified soldiers walk along a road, lined by Croatian civilians, that runs through Cukuvi, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), one bodyguard, and several unidentified soldiers walk along a road away from the remains of a destroyed railroad bridge. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), speaks with a member of the Spanish Patrol, posted at The Boulevard, in front of battle-damaged building in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt, second from right), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), his security personnel, and several unidentified soldiers cross a temporary suspension bridge that spans the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), talks with several Hungarian soldiers while being shown the diving equipment currently in use by Hungarian Army Engineers. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (on the left), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), signs the official guest book of the 16th Airborne Battalion Headquarters North Poland Brigade (NORDPOL). Several soldiers are seated and standing behind Mr. Slocombe. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe, (center) Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), sits down with French Army Major General Xavier de Lambert, (right) Southeast Division Commander, Implementation Force (IFOR), and another French Army Officer, for a briefing and discussion. This is the first stop of a two-day visit of Bosnia-Herzegovina. On this tour he will visit several multinational IFOR units and civic leaders in various regions

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), his security personnel, and several unidentified soldiers cross a historically old bridge (built in 1553 A.D.) that spans the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (casually dressed, gray shirt), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), walks with his assistants and bodyguards outside of Sarajevo International Airport at the start of his two day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

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Base: Sarajevo

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lance Cheung

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Bosnia interpreters and US Army soldiers hand out doughnuts and coffee to locals at a checkpoint near "Gator" Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Blast. Operation Blast is a smaller part of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

An aerial view showing several neighborhoods located in the city of Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

MGEN Xavier de Lambert (French Army), IFOR COMDIV MND-SE (Division Commander Multinational Division South East), walks across the tarmac with the Honorable Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), at the airport in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in front of an unidentified French soldier and a parked UH-60A/L helicopter. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

A US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Operator gives the thumbs up signal as a F-14D Tomcat aircraft assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea

GEN George A. Joulwan (USA), Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), meets with US military personnel to thank them for the dedication and hard work during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Moldovan troops watch as US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, demonstrate the proper way to fire an M240 G Machine Gun during Situational Training Exercise-1, Convoy Operations, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills

U.S. Air Force personnel with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, prepare pallets of sacks of wheat flour in preparation for loading onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft which will fly into Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on a relief mission. The three-year-old relief effort has been able to resume their relief missions after a five month hold due to aircraft receiving ground fire over Sarajevo. The C-130 crews fly two missions a day into the Sarajevo airport dropping off approximately 30 metric tons of wheat flour to the besieged residents.PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Bruce Sherwood

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the Stabilization Forces (SFOR) Sarajevo participated in Operation Smile, a voluntary program designed to bring happiness to the children of Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE. On this occasion, the Soldiers (Santa's helpers) visits a local children's hospital to hand out gift bags filled with toys and treats. The gift bags were purchased with money collected on Camp Butmir from military members representing as many as 37 countries

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (ont the left), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), is greets several members of the 16th Airborne Battalion Headquarters North Poland Brigade (NORDPOL), which includes Polish soldiers, a US Army Liaison Officer, and Norwegian Army Security CHIEF. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Virgil L. Packett, Commander, Stabilization Forces (SFOR), poses with Santa Claus (MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Stewart Smith) outside the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo Pediatric Clinic during Operation Smile, a voluntary program designed to bring happiness to the children of Bosnia during Operation JOINT FORGE

Summertime view of a Mostar city residential neighborhood. Most buildings with artillery holes have been patched and temporary plastic windows are being replaced with glass. Trees and landscape disguise much of the remaining damage. Homes often have rose, tomato, herb, and other small vegetable plants growing on balconies or backyards. In accordance with the Dayton Accords, under which Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR (the multi-national peace mission in Bosnia) functions, the provision of a secure environment is at the heart of the reconstruction effort in Bosnia

Straight on rear view medium shot as multinational firefighters stationed in Butmir compound, Sarajevo, Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Forge, try to eliminate hazardous conditions by clearing 3 feet of snow on the top of a military building. Sarajevo encountered the deepest amount of snow in fifty years this winter. Roads were closed and some businesses (Roads and businesses not shown) were shut down for the four days of intense snow fall

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