U.S. Army Col. Vernon Simpson, commander of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, accepts the NATO colors from Italian Maj. Gen. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, the Kosovo Force commanding general, during a Multinational Battle Group-East transfer of authority ceremony July 9, 2015, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The 30th ABCT, an Army National Guard unit from North Carolina, will lead a multinational force supporting NATO’s peace mission in Kosovo for approximately nine months. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erick Yates, Multinational Battle Group-East)
150709-A-RN359-361.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Erick Yates

CAMP BONDSTEEL, ZZ, 09 July 15 - U.S. Army Col. Vernon Simpson, commander of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, accepts the NATO colors from Italian Maj. Gen. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, the Kosovo Force commanding general, during a Multinational Battle Group-East transfer of authority ceremony July 9, 2015, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The 30th ABCT, an Army National Guard unit from North Carolina, will lead a multinational force supporting NATO’s peace mission in Kosovo for approximately nine months. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erick Yates, Multinational Battle Group-East)


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