North Carolina brigade takes lead of 20th chapter for US forces in Kosovo
U.S. Army Col. Clint Baker, the commander of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (left); Italian Maj. Gen. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, the Kosovo Force commanding general; and U.S. Army Col. Vernon Simpson, the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team commander, salute the colors during a Multinational Battle Group-East transfer of authority ceremony July 9, 2015, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. MNBG-E is a U.S.-led contingent of the NATO peace support mission in Kosovo known as KFOR, and includes forces from Armenia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Solvenia, and Turkey. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erick Yates, Multinational Battle Group-East)