| Recall to Active Duty in Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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 Romantic gazebos? |  Nice areas for young people to congregate. |
 The Eagle's Nest housed a place to eat, a Baskin & Robbins, pool tables and ping-pong. |  The impetus to build this patio setting was for a USO band performance. |
 I got sent down to Sarajevo to be the OIC for a month while the regular OIC took a little vacation. |  The Newspaper bldg and this one have not been reparired since the war. |
 This was known as "sniper alley" and was the dividing line between Serb and Muslim factions. |  Mosque in downtown Sarajevo. |
 The Ilidza HQ compound had been a resort before the war, and had several hotels included in it. |  The main drag at Ilidza. The Terme Hotel in on the left in the back. This was the main housing. |  Another view of the Terme. |  The white building on the right is "Echoes", a Dutch service support outfit, Christian in nature. |
 It was a great place to relax, shoot some pool, play some ping-pong or get something to eat. |  The front entrance to the Terme. |
 View of the river from the roof of the Terme. |
 Impact crater on a service structure on the roof of the Terme. |
 Our antenna was on the roof, we controlled it from a room on the top floor. |
 Another view of the river and the Helicopter landing area. |
 Lynx helicopter arriving at Ilidza. |
 One of our guys at work in the office - which was also my bedroom! Impossible to be late to work! |
 Another viiew of the office. A bit frightening during a lightning storm since we had cables running from our antennas on the roof in through the window. |
 Sleeping with the equipment was a sometimes noisy affair. |
 Here I am poised before a "Superman" cartoon poster - one of the ones warning children about unexploded ordinance. |
 My room was on the Dutch wing of the floor, so it was best to root for the Dutch team during the World Cup. The TV was in the hallway outside my door. |
 No guns after 6:30, no booze until 7. Somebody was thinking! |
 This was our bunkroom in the Terme - where all our enlisted and any visitors stayed. Don't forget you are on the third bunk when you get up to go at night! |
 Camp Butmir was the place I stayed my 1st night in Bosnia. It was a support base on the edge of town. |  A corimec village at Butmir. |
 Butmir was a pleasant place to go. Some eats, several different nation's military exchanges and good places to sit around if you had time. |
 The Norwegian PX at Butmir. Just off Butmir were all the CD shops where you could get music or software cheap. |
 In Sarajevo, we were allowed to go into town to eat at Restaurants. |
 The rule was that at least one out of every four SFOR troops had to be armed (and not drinking). Instead of a designated driver, we had to have a designated gunman! |
 So, since I'm wearing a shoulder holster, that must be a soda pop in my hand. |
 Back to Tuzla via Blackhawk helicopter. |
 Approaching Tuzla Main. |  The helicopter kept turning while we got off and other passengers got on. |
 With one of my petty officers who welcomed me back with paperwork! |
 Shortly after I had left for Sarajevo, the US Army had decided to put everyone in flak-jackets and helmets. So much for the sand volleyball and nice picnic areas! |
 So it was better to stay indoors and work. |
 Of course civilians were exempt! The frogs were doing well. |
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