October 2011: After 8 short months, I'm back at LOGCOM Programs and Resources working for the Comptroller.....
Posted March 2011: Effective 14 February 2011, after 3 years as a Financial Technician (GS-0503 series) in government service, I'm going back to the Logistics/Supply side of the house as a Warehouse Manager at Maintenance Center Albany. Myformal title is Distribution Facilities Specialist (GS-2030 series).
Posted June 2008: Finally....looks like after 20 years of Navy life, moving around from place to place....we are settling down here in Leesburg Georgia. If any of you guys pass by southwest Georgia....you got my address and phone number!
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Operation Noble Anvil (Allied Force)
From Month/Year
March / 1999
To Month/Year
June / 1999
Description The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999. The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force; the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil, while in Yugoslavia the operation was incorrectly called "Merciful Angel", as a result of a misunderstanding or mistranslation. The bombings continued until an agreement was reached that led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo and the establishment of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), a UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.
NATO claimed that the Albanian population in Kosovo were being persecuted by FRY forces, Serbian police, and Serb paramilitary forces, and that military action was needed to force the FRY to stop. NATO countries attempted to gain authorization from the United Nations Security Council for military action, but were opposed by China and Russia that indicated they would veto such a proposal. NATO launched a campaign without UN authorization, which it described as a humanitarian intervention. The FRY described the NATO campaign as an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign country that was in violation of international law because it did not have UN Security Council support.
The bombing killed between 489 and 528 civilians, and destroyed bridges, industrial plants, public buildings, private businesses, as well as barracks and military installations.
The NATO bombing marked the second major combat operation in its history, following the 1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the first time that NATO had used military force without the approval of the UN Security Council.
