Camp Bondsteel is named after James Leroy Bondsteel, a US Army Staff Sergeant who served during the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honour. "Camp Bondsteel serves the NATO mission in Kosovo. " The base construction began immediately after the controversial 78-day Nato bombing on the former Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. Camp Bondsteel was established to provide safety and security in the region. In February 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared itself an independent state from Serbia. Design and construction of Camp Bondsteel The construction of the camp started immediately after the Kosovo War in south-east Kosovo near the Macedonian border. Spread over 955-acres (3. 86km²), the Camp Bondsteel base area was built on the rolling hills and farmland near Uroševac by flattening two hills and filling the valley between them. The base has 250 semi-permanent South East Asia (SEA) huts for offices and living quarters with advanced facilities such as internet access. The houses at the camp are mostly built with wood.
Latitude 42. 3039 Longitude 21. 2761 Altitude (feet) 2070 Lat (DMS) 42° 18' 14N Long (DMS) 21° 16' 34E Altitude (meters) 630 Time zone (est) Europe/Belgrade Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 6407 Weather Charts New Covid-19 forecasts: Per the US DHS, the half-life of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in open air is inversely correlated to UV radiation, relative humidity, and temperature. Choose those graphs below for a rough estimate. UV radiation (sunlight) matters a lot (high UV is good), relative humidity and temperature matter less, but for both, high values are good. [ 1] Example 1: High UV, 30C, RH 70% -> half life of 1. 9 minutes. Example 2: Low UV, 10C, RH 20% -> half life of 107 minutes. Two orders of magnitude worse. Vrban Temperature in Celsius Display: Cloud Cover Temperature Precipitation Solar Flux Snow Depth Relative Humidity Time in GMT, not local. Click-drag to zoom, click-click to reset, shift-click to drag. Vrban Cloud Cover in Percent Vrban Precipitation Nearby Cities and Towns West North East South Gornja Ljuza (0.
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5 m (8. 2 ft) high earthen wall. Facilities [ edit] Camp Bondsteel was constructed by the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion, augmented by A Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, and the 568 Combat Support Engineer Company, together with the private Kellogg, Brown and Root Corporation (KBR). The planning, design and construction management of the project was completed by the Construction Management Section of the 130th Engineer Brigade and a team from the Baltimore District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. KBR is also the prime contractor for the operation of the camp. Camp Bondsteel has many facilities on base, all built with aid from the US military which are used by the soldiers and civilian employees who live and work there, and can hold up to 7, 000 soldiers which makes it the largest US base in the Balkans. The post exchange (PX) is the largest military exchange in south eastern Europe and contains all the necessities and more that someone may need while in Kosovo, including TVs, phones, books, DVDs, CDs, small furniture, video games, computers, clothes, shoes, food, and more, all in its two-story building.