Nearly 400 soldiers from Fort Bragg are still in troubled Bosnia, withno word on when they will return home.
One hundred sixty soldiers from the 403rd Transportation Company and 70soldiers from the 319th Military Intelligence Battalion left for Bosnia inJanuary. Since July, 150 soldiers from the 65th Military Police Companyhave also been in Bosnia.
But in the past few years we have asked the military to help inmajor humanitarian efforts as well.
When and if a cadre of the world's military go to help in Zaire, theU.S. will be there, President Clinton has said.
Saturday, some military intelligence veterans were back at Fort Braggfor a look at the role of technology in the U.S. military.
"I think it is necessary for our nation to be the leader in thesefields, not only in rescue missions, in the missions in Zaire and Bosnia,"said veteran Richard Holmes.
It seems the humanitarian missions are growing in number, according toLt. General Robert Springer (USAF retired). "I think as longas we are theonly superpower, as long as we remain a very moral and caring and ,concerned nation, the answer is we will be responsive to most of thesecritical conditions around the world."
Veterans and the soldiers on hand for thedemonstrations said they believed as part of their commitment to themilitary, they will go anywhere they are asked to go.
But the humanitarian deployments are not without danger.
Peacekeeping and humanitarian missions are no different, the troopssaid.
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