This is the door that the Serbian Army had closed with cement blocks in front of it. They used this door to help conceal the Dutch YRP-765 Armored Personnel Carrier from aerial reconnaissance and patrols done on the ground 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...

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

[Complete] Scene Caption: This is the door that the Serbian Army had closed with cement blocks in front of it. They used this door to help conceal the Dutch YRP-765 Armored Personnel Carrier from aerial reconnaissance and patrols done on the ground 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.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD

Base: Karakaj

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Angel Clemons, USA

Release Status: Released to Public
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