European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4. The stars and stripes sunday August 8,1993u.s. In by Bob Klose staff writer the establishment of the . Army peacekeeping Force in Macedonia brings to More than 600 the number of americans deployed on the territory of the former republics of Yugoslavia. Operating in conjunction with the United nations Protection Force in the Balkans the members of the joint task Force provide Promise Forward Are breaking ground not tread in 40 years. . Has not been integrated into the United nations system to this degree since the korean War a said col. Stuart Watkins from task Force Headquarters at Pleso air base in Zagreb Croatia. Watkins is commander of the task Force that has americans from the . Army air Force Navy and marines posted in seven locations in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. The largest single group of troops is the reinforced com a i the Berlin brigade that was deployed to Skopje joint task Force provide Promise forwarding . Force military forces in the former Yugoslavia republics 33 communications detachment 18 personnel. Pany from Macedonia Macedonia. The smallest groups include one person contingents in Sarajevo the bosnian capital split Croatia and Metkovic Croatia. In Between Are a Mobile army surgical Hospital that is establishing new standards Tor Long term Hospital care in the held a wide assortment of engineering communications transportation and Security contingents and Liaison offices linking the United nations with american and nato commands. A it is up and running and fully functioning a said Watkins of the american military contingent of the United nations forces in the Balkans. Watkins reviewed the activities of the task Force Friday afternoon after a visit to the Headquarters and the Mash by Gen. David m. Maddox commander of . Army Europe. Watkins command is one of two task forces designated by the . Military. The joint task Force provide Promise was initially established by Gen. John m. Person ass Shalikashvil supreme Allied commander Europe. Later it was divided into two separate task forces one for the land forces on former yugoslavian territory and one for the nato and american air Force support for the United nations Effort. The task Force personnel Are based at seven locations in Croatia Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They Are Pleso air base Zagreb a Headquarters joint task Force provide Promise Forward. Deployed 26 april commands All american a Security detachment 18 personnel. A 502nd Mobile army surgical Hospital 185 Nel. A 21st Forward area support team a Supply and maintenance unit Supply flights for task Force theater 21 personnel. J a civil engineering detachment for Headquarters maintenance and support. A up Rotor Headquarters Zagreb a staff of up Rotor commander French Gen. Jean cot two Liaison of nato Southern come to up Rotor Headquarters. A monitoring command and control Center for no Fly zone three personnel. A nato Liaison to up Rotor Headquarters. Two person team includes . Navy Captain. A logistical support for United nations High commissioner for refugees seven personnel. A Aerial support Squadron for Relief flights 11 personnel. Skopje Macedonia a operation Able sentry peacekeepers on Northern macedonian Border 315 personnel. A joint task Force Liaison officers on staff of Ungro forms macedonian come two Bosnia and Herzegovina a one no Fly zone enforcement coordinator. A humanitarian flight support for Aid to Bosnia 13 personnel. Split Croatia a logistical support for Unher one person. Metkovic Croatia a logistical support for Unher one person. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a european come Liaison to up Rotor command five personnel. 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M r. 9120 no construction Crew no problem volunteers help mini mall project a by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Nas Simonella Sicily a new electronics outlet is the first phase of a project to convert what had been the Nas Sigond Llau a clinic into a mini mall. That new Navy Exchange sight and sound shop opened at is Gonella on tuesday a project completed even though the new facility a original construction Crew was diverted to Somalia. Eventually the mall will House a variety of facilities including personalized services a Post office a dry cleaner a sicilian souvenir shop the Branch of a local Bank and an automated Teller machine for the Navy Federal credit Union said Petty officer 1st class William Speegle a sea Bee who supervised construction of the electronics shop. Originally building the electronics shop was to have been assigned to members of a detachment from naval Mobile construction in 1 of Gulfport miss., scheduled to deploy to Simonella in Early 1993, instead of heading to the naval air station near Catania Sicily As such units from the United states do every six months the detachment of Seabee was diverted to Somalia to participate in operation restore Hope Speegle said. Rather than wait for a construction battalion base officials decided to ask for volunteers to begin the project. A we started in mid february with a four Man electrician Crew consisting of two Seabee builders and two permanent volunteers from the Navy Exchange a Speegle said. A total of 41 people a 30 volunteers from the base and 11 naval Reserve Seabee a helped renovate the building. They each spent two weeks on the project. A everybody does everything rough a amps Gary Millor there a Sull plenty of work to do before the former clinic will be turned into a mini mall Mayomy finished masonry drywall and Nai Tinc a Xvi it it i. Painting Speegle said of the volunteers who Learned Many of those construction processes on the Job. Construction contractors on the other hand have Crews that specialize in specific activities Speegle said. Us vye Cdon ave. Manpower to do that Speegle explained a and this is the Way Seabee operate members of the Barracks staff and Seabee assigned to is Gonella a Public works department also assisted in the construction project Speegle said. Before construction could begin however a lot of destruction had to be done a now there Are a lot less rooms a he said of the former medical facility a we removed around 50 percent of the existing the sight and sound shop for example once consisted of five offices what is now the shops speaker room was once two rooms with three doors Speegle said having completed the electronics shop Speegle and his Crew of volunteers moved on to More renovations. As the volunteers continued their work Seabee from Navy Mobile construction in 133, the detachment slated to relieve the group that was diverted to Somalia arrived at Simonella. Ten of the detachments 59 members will tackle another area of the former clinic said Petty officer 1st class Tony Tuggle. Ltd this is a Good Job a said Tuggle. We re looking Forward to a a we re taking out existing electrical wiring and putting in new. Well also put up plasterboard Patch Ceramic tiling Lay add Ftp 3n is a Security doors a Tuggle its going to be Nice a Speegle said of the mall which should be completed about a month after he transfers m november. A i wish i was going to be Here to see it All in
