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LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, on April 10, 2008, pauses to reflect at the Sarajevo street corner where on June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, considered the event that precipitated World War I, resulting in about 20 million deaths. In the aftermath of the death of Marshall (Josip Broz) Tito and the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, the Balkans were again plunged into violence in the 1990s that was ended by NATO intervention. The National Guard has contributed to the Balkan peace enforcement mission for nearly a decade and in Sarajevo military leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina say they would like to use the National Guard as one of the models for their armed forces.
210408-A-YG824-001.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, on April 10, 2008, pauses to reflect at the Sarajevo street corner where on June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, considered the event that precipitated World War I, resulting in about 20 million deaths. In the aftermath of the death of Marshall (Josip Broz) Tito and the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, the Balkans were again plunged into violence in the 1990s that was ended by NATO intervention. The National Guard has contributed to the Balkan peace enforcement mission for nearly a decade and in Sarajevo military leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina say they would like to use the National Guard as one of the models for their armed forces.


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