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United States Army Private Scott Wilson (left) mans a 7.62 mm M240B machine gun and Private First Class Jeremiah Pratis (right) a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in the event of potential violence between angry Albanian and Serbian mobs near the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The two soldiers are members of the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1/187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After two Serbian men disappeared, the Serbians believe the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and block the road to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to ...

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United States Army Private Scott Wilson (left) mans a 7.62 mm M240B machine gun and Private First Class Jeremiah Pratis (right) a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in the event of potential violence between angry Albanian and Serbian mobs near the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The two soldiers are members of the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1/187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After two Serbian men disappeared, the Serbians believe the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and block the road to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: United States Army Private Scott Wilson (left) mans a 7.62 mm M240B machine gun and Private First Class Jeremiah Pratis (right) a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in the event of potential violence between angry Albanian and Serbian mobs near the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The two soldiers are members of the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1/187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After two Serbian men disappeared, the Serbians believe the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and block the road to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until USA and Russian soldiers of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, Operation Joint Guardian 15 August 2000.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN

Base: Domorovce

State: Kosovo

Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/08/2000
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Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell)36.67115, -87.50287
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