U.S. troops to be deployed as peacekeepers in Kosovo

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U.S. troops to be deployed as peacekeepers in Kosovo

By Cheryl K. Chumley

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The Washington Times

Thursday, March 14, 2013It's been 10 years, but U.S. troops are going back to Kosovo, this time as a
peacekeeping support force to NATO, military officials announced on Thursday.

Soldiers with the 525th
Battlefield Brigade from Fort Bragg, N.C., as well as other active-duty and  National Guard
members, are going first to Hohenfels,  Germany, for training and
then on to Kosovo for peacekeeping missions, a  U.S. Army
Forces Command spokesman said in a  United Press International report. The training in  Germany starts in April.

The Kosovo Force 17, as it's dubbed, will include 773 U.S. service members. It will bolster NATO's Multinational Battlegroup-East,
UPI says.

America hasn't stationed troops in Kosovo since July 2003, but ongoing
withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan have freed active-duty troops for
Kosovo, UPI says.