German Contingent Change of Command

17th March 2010- Lieutenant General Glatz, Chief Joint Operations Command, handed over command of the German Contingent from Brigadier General Kemmler to Brigadier General  Bischof.

During the ceremony in the Helicopter Hangar of Camp Butmir, General Glatz contemplated the successful past and future cooperation of the European forces within the EUFOR Althea mission. The outgoing Chief of Staff, General Kemmler, looked back on six months full mutual assistance and fulfilling duty. He addressed the German soldiers and thanked them for their consistent professionalism.

The ceremony was accompanied by music from the Bosnian Music-Corps, who played the ‘Großer Kurfürsten Reitermarsch’ and both the German and BiH National Anthems. In honour of General Kemmler’s contribution as Chief of Staff to EUFOR, General Glatz decorated him with the German national service medal ‘ALTHEA’.