Joint Commission Observers (JCO) BH/RS - Page 7

Conrad Y · 03-04-2009, 20:47

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Originally Posted by alfromcolorado

Was that about a Serb that didn't have good manners?

Ha, Ha.

I know HE learned his lesson that day! Never take a stick to a ...

alfromcolorado · 03-07-2009, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Conrad Y

Ha, Ha.

I know HE learned his lesson that day! Never take a stick to a ...

I don't know if that guy learned his lesson or not, but he DEFINITELY never did it again.

Ret10Echo · 06-28-2009, 18:52

Little bump and a history note....for those that have walked up the very street

Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand: 28 June 1914 - This Day in History
On this day in 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia, precipitating the outbreak of World War I.

rcm_18d · 06-30-2009, 11:46

I was in the Q when the incident happened. I now work with the Seal that took the 9mm round to the chest. I also worked with the accidental shooter in Germany when he was in B Co. Ironically he is in a pretty high up position within USASFC today. No disrespect meant at all, but such a small world.

alfromcolorado · 06-30-2009, 18:22

I was on a team with him prior to the incident. So where is he (PM if necessary)?

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Originally Posted by rcm_18d

I was in the Q when the incident happened. I now work with the Seal that took the 9mm round to the chest. I also worked with the accidental shooter in Germany when he was in B Co. Ironically he is in a pretty high up position within USASFC today. No disrespect meant at all, but such a small world.

Bill Joyner · 08-05-2009, 08:29

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Originally Posted by rudelsg2

After my merciful release from the SOCCE; I spent the rest of my time doing some great OJT work at the Zvornik house.
Work that would come in handy way later down the road (just did not realize it at the time).

Digging through my box of junk or memories (what it is called depends on how much space it takes up), I found these items from that trip.

I just found this thread while surfing the site. Man did those pics bring back memories. Remember going to the range at Camp Dobal and Jon Tessar getting stuck up to his crotch in all the mud? Ah for the good old days
Bill

Ret10Echo · 08-05-2009, 16:05

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Originally Posted by Bill Joyner

I just found this thread while surfing the site. Man did those pics bring back memories. Remember going to the range at Camp Dobal and Jon Tessar getting stuck up to his crotch in all the mud? Ah for the good old days
Bill

Last of the really good deals huh Bill?

Bill Joyner · 08-06-2009, 08:31

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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

Last of the really good deals huh Bill?

You said it brother. $75 a day and all the rakija you could drink (whether you wanted to drink it or not)

Blues · 08-06-2009, 15:25

Some of my favorite memories of the JCO mission are throwing shower shoes at loud snorers, a Thanksgiving dinner that turned into a disco, watching an FM radio turn violent blue in color just before I heard the big ZAP!!!, eating ground beef (I don't recall the exact meal) cured in about ten pounds of salt, a house mate that brewed coffee for one while roaming the house in his much-travelled drawers swatting flies, and being the designated driver (much to the chagrin of the aforementioned coffee brewer's dismay. I bet his head still hurts!!). I also managed to do some work there, but those memories aren't as much fun to recall. I will try to post a copy of my old badge which I used to get on Tuzla Main with no questions asked.

Bill Joyner · 08-10-2009, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Blues

Some of my favorite memories of the JCO mission are throwing shower shoes at loud snorers, a Thanksgiving dinner that turned into a disco, watching an FM radio turn violent blue in color just before I heard the big ZAP!!!, eating ground beef (I don't recall the exact meal) cured in about ten pounds of salt, a house mate that brewed coffee for one while roaming the house in his much-travelled drawers swatting flies, and being the designated driver (much to the chagrin of the aforementioned coffee brewer's dismay. I bet his head still hurts!!). I also managed to do some work there, but those memories aren't as much fun to recall. I will try to post a copy of my old badge which I used to get on Tuzla Main with no questions asked.

I still remember the coffee brewer trying to get a purple heart for your driving skills. Also remember having to physically restrain him when he wanted to kill our boy Dave the SEAL. Ah Thanksgiving, I remember two Americans in Bosnia calling an Australian in Germany and having her read the directions for cooking a 30 lbs turkey and then trying to convert them to metric.

Good times!

rudelsg2 · 08-11-2009, 20:04

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Originally Posted by Bill Joyner

I still remember the coffee brewer trying to get a purple heart for your driving skills. Also remember having to physically restrain him when he wanted to kill our boy Dave the SEAL. Ah Thanksgiving, I remember two Americans in Bosnia calling an Australian in Germany and having her read the directions for cooking a 30 lbs turkey and then trying to convert them to metric.

Good times!

Ahhh, Dave the SEAL. One must remember that if you make a habit of pissing off the TM SGT, do not let the SF guys know you have already spent your Per Diem cash advance on bills. It will only generate a debt owed to the govt. when you get an early return from mission.

Yes, Thanksgiving. I think you hit me with one of those shower shoes.

KW9598 · 06-04-2010, 13:29

more JCO stories needed! BiH is one place I can't wait to go back and visit. I sometimes wonder how our dog PIFWC is doing...in Serbia.

Bill Joyner · 06-04-2010, 14:00

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more JCO stories needed! BiH is one place I can't wait to go back and visit. I sometimes wonder how our dog PIFWC is doing...in Serbia.

Yeah we gave up our dog when the company commander said the Bn CDR didn't want any dogs kept at the houses. When the BC came to our house he saw the dog house and asked where the dog was. I told him we had gotten rid of it and he said too bad dogs are good force protection.

KW9598 · 06-04-2010, 14:04

typical shit huh..."the Bn Cdr said..." He was right too, minus motion sensor lights....our mutt was the best early warning we had

KW9598 · 06-04-2010, 14:20

Florida Man Who Served in Military Unit Linked to Massacres During the Bosnian Conflict of 1992-1995 Leaves United States Following Denaturalization

WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A former member of the Bosnian Serb Army has left the United States to return to Serbia after a federal judge ordered his denaturalization based on concealment during his application for U.S. citizenship that he served in the military during the Bosnian war, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Brian Albritton of the Middle District of Florida and Assistant Secretary John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Jadranko Gostic, 47, a former resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., departed the United States on June 1, 2010. U.S. District Court Judge James Moody in Tampa, Fla., ordered his denaturalization on May 26, 2010.

Gostic was indicted in December 2006 on one count of unlawful procurement of citizenship and one count of making false statements. In January 2010, a civil complaint was filed against Gostic alleging illegal procurement of U.S. citizenship and requesting his denaturalization. Court documents allege that Gostic served in the Zvornik Infantry Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army from April 1992 until December 1995. According to court documents, international tribunals have found that some units of the Zvornik Brigade engaged in war crimes and crimes against humanity, and that they participated in the July 1995 action against the Srebrenica enclave during which some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed.

Gostic entered the United States in 1999, received lawful permanent residence status in 2002 and was naturalized in 2004. According to court documents, at each stage of the immigration and naturalization process Gostic concealed his service in the Zvornik Brigade, even when specifically asked about his prior military service.

Gostic agreed to admit to the allegations against him, to be denaturalized, to surrender his lawful permanent resident status and to depart the United States. Gostic fulfilled the requirements of this agreement and departed the United States. As a result of his cooperation, the criminal charges against Gostic will be dismissed.

This case was investigated by the ICE Tampa Special-Agent-in-Charge Office and was prosecuted by Senior Trial Attorney William Kenety in the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Hansen of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.

The Criminal Division announced the formation of HRSP on March 30, 2010, as part of the U.S. government's efforts to bring human rights violators to justice and deny those violators safe haven in the United States. The new section represents a merger of the Criminal Division's Domestic Security Section (DSS) and the Office of Special Investigations (OSI).

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice