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STAFF Sergeant Duncan, from the Explosives Ordnance Detachment, carefully retrieves cases of .50 caliber rounds from a YRP-765 Armored Personnel Carrier that had been seized, by SFOR, in a weapons storage site in the town of Karakaj, Bosnia, and brought to Camp Dobol during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to...

First Lieutenant McCarthy, from the 9th Engineer Battalion, and STAFF Sergeant Duncan, from the 2nd Ordnance (E.O.D.), assess the damages done to the T55 Russian tank, from the day before, on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and...

SSGT David Duncan (US Army), TF 1-26 EOD, inspects the interior of a confiscated Serbian Army T-55 Main Battle Tank (MBT), parked in the field artillery area of Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prior to placing C-4 explosive charges to destroy the tank during Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is 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

This is the inside of the T55 Russian tank where the C-4 plastic explosive charges were placed, by the Explosive Ordnance Detachment, that will destroy the turret and render it useless. This took place in the field artillery area of operation on Camp Dobol, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the...

Soldiers of the 1/26 Task Force, out of Schweinfurt, Germany, pass off sand bags, as they are filled, at Camp Dobol, for the improvement of force protection while deployed to Bosnia during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability

The end result from the blast of C-4 plastic explosive caused excessive damage to the row wheels that had been placed in the turret of the T55 Russian tank, by the Explosive Ordnance Detachment team, on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring...

SSGT David Duncan (US Army), TF 1-26 EOD, inspects the interior of a confiscated Serbian Army T-55 Main Battle Tank (MBT), parked in the field artillery area of Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prior to placing C-4 explosive charges to destroy the tank during Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is 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

When night falls over Tuzla Air Base, and the cold wind howls against the tents that people here call home, there is a calm here that comes from a group of strangers joining together to complete a mission and becoming a family. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a...

This is the smoke that came from the first blast in attempting to destroy the T55 Russian tank, on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, that had been confiscated by SFOR from a camp named Uglejvik in the Russian sector during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a...

STAFF Sergeant David Duncan, from the Explosive Ordnance Detachment, currently attached to 1/26 Task Force, attempts to assess the situation moments after the initial blast of the T55 Russian tank in the field artillery area of operation on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: STAFF Sergeant David Duncan, from the Explosive Ordnance Detachment, currently attached to 1/26 Task Force, attempts to assess the situation moments after the initial blast of the T55 Russian tank in the field artillery area of operation on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD

Base: Camp Dobal

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Angel Clemons, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

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