Land operations
Land Operations
The land forces that were deployed to support the SFOR mission within Bosnia and Herzegovina came under the command of COMSFOR. They were divided into three multinational divisions together with divisional troops units as detailed below:
Estimated troop strength: 32,000 troops, deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Map shows boundaries as set in the Dayton Peace Agreement
as well as the NATO zones of operation
Multinational Division South West
Multinational Division South West came under the control of the British division headquarters based at Banja Luka. Commander: Major General E.G. Webb-Carter. Under his control there were the following forces:
| SFOR - MND/SW | ||
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (Gorni Vakuf) | ||
| 1 | United Kingdom | Armored Engineer Battalion |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Anti Tank Helicopter Squadron |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Mechanized Battle Group |
| United Kingdom (Baraci) | ||
| 1 | United Kingdom | Armored Battle Group |
| Canada (Coralici) | ||
| 1 | Canada | Mechanized Battle Group |
| Netherlands (Sisava) | ||
| 1 | Netherlands | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| Czech Republic (Ljabija) | ||
| 1 | Czech Republic | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| Maleisia (Livno) | ||
| 1 | Maleisia | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| United Kingdom (Split) | ||
| 1 | United Kingdom | Aviation Squadron |
The Netherlands: Dutch SFOR contribution: May 1, 1997
| SFOR - MND/SW - Netherlands |
|---|
| 42 NL MECHBAT |
| 42 Tankbat (B) |
| 103 Verkenningsbat (A) |
| 41 BEVO-compangie |
| 117 Verbindingscompagnie |
| 102 EOV-compagnie |
| 421 Hospitaal-compagnie |
| EOD (KL/KLu) |
| 13 Pantsergenie compagnie |
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be be found:
| SFOR - MND/SW Support Units | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | Artillery Regiment |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Helicopter Squadron |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Military Police Battalion |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Infantry Company |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Electronic Warfare Company (EW) |
| 1 | United States | PSYOPS (Psychological Operations) Company |
Multinational Division South East
Multinational Division South East came under the control a French division headquarters based in Mostar. Commander: Major General Christian Delanghe. Under his control there were the following forces:
| SFOR - MND/SE | ||
|---|---|---|
| France/Germany (Rajlovac) | ||
| 1 | France/Germany | Brigade Headquarters |
| 1 | Germany | Reconnaissance Batallion |
| 1 | France | Infantry Battalion |
| Italy, Egypt (Sarajevo) | ||
| 1 | Italy | Brigade Headquarters |
| 1 | Italy | Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Egypt | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Italy | Mechanized Artillery Battalion |
| Portugal (Rogatica) | ||
| 1 | Portugal | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| Spain (Medagorje) | ||
| 1 | Spain | Mechanized Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| 1 | Spain | Legion Viator Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Spain | Legion Ejido Infantry Battalion |
| France, Morocco, Ukraine (Vrapici) | ||
| 1 | France | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Morocco | Motorized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Ukraine | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be found:
| SFOR - MND/SE Support Units | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | Military Police Company |
| 1 | Morocco | Motorized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Spain | Engineer Company |
| 1 | France | Engineer Company |
| 1 | France/Greece/Spain | Aviation Battalion |
| 1 | Spain | Engineer Battalion |
| 1 | Germany | Field Hospital |
| 1 | Germany | Transport Battalion |
| 1 | Germany | Logistic Battalion |
| 1 | Germany | Engineer Battalion |
| 1 | Albania | Platoon (attached to Germany) |
Multinational Division North
Multinational Division North came under the control of a US division headquarters based in Tuzla.
Commander: Major General David L. Grange. Under his control there were the following forces:
| SFOR - MND/N | ||
|---|---|---|
| United States (Zivinice, "Camp Comanche") | ||
| 1 | United States | Aviation Regiment |
| United States (Brod, "Camp McGovern") | ||
| 1 | United States | Task Force |
| United States (Kalesija, "Camp Dobol") | ||
| 1 | United States | Task Force |
| United States (Banovici, "Camp Bedrock") | ||
| (Shortly to be formed) | ||
| Turkish Brigade (Zenica) | ||
| 1 | Turkey | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Turkey | Armored Company |
| 1 | Turkey | Artillery Battery |
| 1 | Turkey | Infantry Company |
| 1 | Turkey | Engineer Company |
| Nordic/Polish Brigade (Doboj) | ||
| 1 | Sweden | Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Camp Oden - Ljuba) |
| 1 | Poland | Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Teslic, Zepce) |
| 1 | Denmark | Mechanized Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Norway | Mechanized Infantry battalion (Camp Modrica - Modrica) |
| 1 | Norway | Medical Company (Krušici) |
| 1 | Finland | Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Lithuania | Mechanized Infantry Company |
| Russia Airborne Brigade (Ugljevik) | ||
| 2 | Russia | Airborne Infantry Battalion |
| 1 | Russia | Engineer Company |
| 1 | Russia | Artillery Battery |
The Nordic-Polish Brigade also had US Field Artillery units attached, to provide direct fire support in its area of responsibility. The artillery units had 155 millimeter M109 howitzers.
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be found:
| SFOR - MND/N Support Units | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | Military Intelligence Battalion |
| 1 | United States | Air Defense Battalion |
| 1 | United States | (Psychological Operationds (PSYOPS) Company |
| 1 | United States | Military Police Company |
| 1 | United States | Artillery Battalion. |
| 1 | United States | Engineer Battalion. |
Support Units
Multi-national Forces Supporting Units were based throughout the area and in Croatia they included the following:
| SFOR - Support Units | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | Engineer Battalion |
| 1 | Romenia | Engineer Battalion |
| 1 | BELUGA | Transport Battalion |
| 1 | Multi-national PSYOPS and AMIB battalion | |
Comments
Camp Colt is missing out of the list of U.S. camps in Bosnia.
This page reflects the information available in 1997, the last update.
It appears to me that by 1997 Camp Colt had already been closed and all assets were transferred to Brod, to Camp McGovern (as part of MND/N).
Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated (and feel free to correct me if I am wrong).
Camp Colt was not closed until the Spring of 1998.
Thanks for clarifying.