On 25 April COMEUFOR, Major General Anton Waldner, presided over his first medal parade at EUFOR HQ in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo. He presented the European Union Common Security and Defence Policy Medal Althea to 55 service personnel from 5 different nations and thanked them for their dedicated service in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Maj Gen Waldner presides over the parade
COMEUFOR encourage the recipients to “wear this medal with pride because it signifies your service and your contribution to the EUFOR effort” and stated “EUFOR remains firmly focussed on supporting the BiH authorities in maintaining the Safe and Secure Environment and on building the capabilities of the Armed Forces BiH through our capacity building and training activities”.
EUFOR Operation Althea is currently made up of service personnel from 14 EU member states and 5 partner nations. The countries represented at this medal parade were Turkey, Chile, Hungary, Greece and Austria.