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A short trip to Prishtina (Kosovo) 23,24 and 25 March 2011. This to transfer the ownership of the ECHOS Home Soldier’s Home ‘The Mast’. ‘The Mast’ was transferred from SFOR Camp ‘ Tito Barracks ’ (Sarajevo) to KFOR Camp ‘Slim Lines’ at Prishtina (Kosovo) in 2001.
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A short trip to Prishtina (Kosovo) 23,24 and 25 March 2011
This to transfer the ownership of the ECHOS Home Soldier’s Home ‘The Mast’
‘The Mast’ was transferredfrom SFOR Camp ‘TitoBarracks’ (Sarajevo) to KFOR Camp ‘Slim Lines’ at Prishtina (Kosovo) in 2001. This to transfer the ownership of the ECHOS Home Soldier’s Home ‘The Mast’
The interiorstayed basically the same.
Manager Arta Kryeziu with ‘Mister Cees’ “We finally met eachother”.
Just today – 23 March 2011 – the official handovertookplace between the (KFOR) Portuguese 1st Para Battalion and 2nd Mech. Batallion.
Mr. Cor Louwerse (r), managing director of Home-Base Support; Mrs. Arta Kryeziu, manager of ‘The Mast’ (m); Mr. and Mrs. Jola van der Mast (l) wereinvited to join the parade.
KFOR Commander General ErhardBuhler, inspecting the troops.
Lowering the Portugueseflag as a salute to the leavingbattalion.
One of the mainstreets of Prishtina, called ‘Police Avenue’, thisbecause of manyinternationalpoliceheadquarters are locatedhere.
Mr. Cor Louwerse and ‘Dibi’ play a last game of ‘pool’ in the Soldiers’Home.
Mr. Cor Louwerse, handing out diplomasand letters of commendation to the manager and her staff of ‘The Mast’
Mr. Cor Louwerse presents the Home-Base Support decoration to Mrs. Arta Kryeziu in honour of her performance.
Apart from the certificates of meritand letters of recommendation, everybody was presented a typical ‘Gouda Cheese’.
After a short, but meaningfulvisit to Prishtina, ‘The Mast’ andits team, we returned home. The onlythings we had to declare… wereimpressions.
Withthis we wouldlike to thank Arta and her team for theirhospitalityandallthey have achievedduringtheir mission within Home-Base Support, supportingits goals: To offer ‘a home awayfrom home’ for the military, whereverthey serve and wherevertheycomefrom. Management andstaff Home-Base Support