THE BONDSTEEL BULLET
October 2013
NEWSLETTER
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Financial officers from more than 20 contributing
countries within KFOR meet at Camp Bondsteel to
exchange invoices amongst each other.
Multinational
Support Cell deals
with bills and
exchanges invoices
when U.S. soldiers
use services in other
camps in Kosovo.
Camp Bondsteel is
home to 11 different
contributing
countries to KFOR.
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The Bondsteel Bullet is produced for
civilians and military personnel on
Camp Bondsteel.
Contents of this publication are not
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Multinational Battle Group-East or AST
Balkans.
Public Affairs Officer
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4th Public Affairs Detachment
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Ardian Nrecaj
Paying the Bills
Staff Writer
Ardian Nrecaj
Story and Photos by Ardian Nrecaj, Public Affairs Specialist
Camp Bondsteel is home to 11
different KFOR contributing countries.
Soldiers from these countries sleep,
eat, exercise and work at Camp
Bondsteel during their service in
Kosovo.
Bejrin Rrahmani, a senior specialist for
Area Support Team Balkans,
Multinational Support Cell at Camp
Bondsteel, explains that behind all the
logistical service provided to the
contributing countries in the KFOR
mission are bills to be paid and that is
what her office deals with.
“Our office is set in two branches:
accounts receivable and payable,”
said Rrahmani. “Receivable means
when we provide services to other
nations we send them the bill for them
to pay. Accounts payable is when we
pay the country that provided the
support to U.S. troops.”
Rrahmani explained that when U.S.
soldiers go to Camp Novo Selo, the
MNSC receives a bill from the French
Army for meals, water, billeting, fuel
and any medical services or other
support provided to them.
“There are more than 30 contributing
countries in KFOR mission,” said
Rrahmani. “We do billing and
exchange invoices with them.”
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“We all get together and
MNSC organized a meeting for
financial officers from most of the
contributing countries in KFOR at
Camp Bondsteel on Sept. 20 to
exchange invoices amongst each
other.
exchange invoices” –
Mitch Franklin, MNSC
chief
“We had paymasters that are
stationed here in Bondsteel, we had
French who were bringing bills for
people from Camp Novo Selo or Gate
31, and also we had the Germans for
some of their camps,” said MNSC chief
Mitch Franklin.
Franklin added this meeting was the
easiest and most effective way for
everyone to get together and
accomplish the billing task at one time.
“This is a good way for us to interact
with each other and exchange
invoices at one time, rather than us
going to Film City and other camps to
meet people.”
Bejrin Rrahmani, a senior specialist for
the Multinational Support Cell at
Camp Bondsteel, oversees the
payment done by French Army
financial officer Sgt. 1st Class
Stephane Dreulette.
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