The combat patch is worn under the American Flag and ... six-month rotations to include assignments in Saudi Arabia and Kosovo. The 553rd CSSB arrived in theater on Jan. 15, 2011, and will remain ...

Vernon Simpson, the commander of the NCNG's 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team-currently deployed as the Multinational Battle Group-East headquarters in Kosovo ... their patch and the Moldovans ...

Top Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to downgrade the combat status of U.S. forces who are part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, a decision that could cause the ...

REUTERS/Francois Lenoir By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's government ordered the creation of a national army on Tuesday by upgrading a lightly armed civil response force six years ...

or if Army leaders were considering allowing soldiers in the Middle East to wear combat patches even if they were not receiving the required combat pay. For many soldiers, getting combat patches ...

In 2018, Kosovo's parliament passed a law to transform the security forces into a 5,000-strong army, up from 2,500. Prime Minister Albin Kurti — whose ruling Vetevendosje party won the most in ...

Friday's army vote was aimed at turning a lightly-armed emergency response force into Kosovo's own 5,000-strong professional military. Two decades after the withdrawal of Serbian forces ...