| Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) Relaxation: 1st Armored Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division; OP Sapper, White Base, OP Terminator, Checkpoints 63, 75 and 88, Camp Monteith |
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| May 27, 2001: Colonel Gene Kamena, outgoing Assistant Commander of Task Force Falcon (Maneuver) shakes the hand of Shefket Musliu, Commander of the UCPMB (Liberation Army for Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac), a day after his surrender. On this day, Col. Kamena presented Musliu with framed photographs as a good will gesture of his surrender. (U.S. Army Photo by SSG Bronco A. Suzuki) |
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| May 23, 2001: Pfc. Douglas Melton, 1-41 Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Stewart, Ga., flashes a peace sign as he waits to fuel his Palladin Self-Propelled Howitzer at Camp Monteith, Kosovo. (U.S. Army Photo by SSG Bronco A. Suzuki) |
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| May 23, 2001: Pfc. Rufus Brumfield, C/3-7, 3rd Infantry Division, reinforces a fighting position at White Base near Mucibaba, Kosovo. Brumfield's unit was observing a sector in the GSZ to ensure the relaxation went smoothly. (Photo by SSG Bronco A. Suzuki) |
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| May 22, 2001: Valdet Shehu, an interpreter from Kacanik, Kosovo and student at Pristina University, poses for a photo at Outpost Sapper near Gnjilane, Kosovo. (U.S. Army Photo by SSG Bronco A. Suzuki) |
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| May 22, 2001: At Outpost Sapper, PV2 Arles Russell, 1-35 Armor Battalion, 1st Armored Division, from Baumholder, Germany poses for a photo after giving an impromptu class on the M1A2 Abrams Tank, the most advanced tank in the world, to members of the Norwegian and American Combat Camera teams. (U.S. Army Photo by SSG Bronco A. Suzuki, American Combat Camera) |
| Sector B of the Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) in the American area of operations in Kosovo was relaxed or collapsed at midnight on May 24, 2001. Prior to the relaxation date, the GSZ was a 3 mile wide buffer zone in which no KFOR, NATO or Yugoslav Army personnel could enter. After the relaxation, Yugoslav troops were allowed to enter and engage, if necessary, any guerrilla groups they encountered. The operation went fairly smoothly and a majority of the guerrillas surrendered peacefully. |