Transforming the Main Operating Base

Things are going well as Kozara Barracks is being transformed into a large telecommunications site to support the Main Operating Base of Combined Endeavor 2009 (CE09). We are finalizing contracts, continuing to build the main operating base infrastructure, and installing several networks which will serve as the backbone for our daily communications during the communications interoperability testing. There are as many Bosnia and Herzogovina military support personnel on the ground here as there are members from the CE staff and early participants!

Working around electronics -- and their containers -- is a little dangerous. Safety is paramount among all participants, staff members and visitors whether here at Kozara Barracks or at the other two sites involved in CE09. However, together with our host nation counterparts, we are continuing to make CE09 a positive experience for all participants and visitors alike.

LtCol Rick Dollesin
Exercise Director, Combined Endeavor