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1st Lt. Julian Gudger uses a translator while discussing the location of a sniper with a KLA soldier.
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Julian Gudger, (right) uses a local Albanian translator (left) while discussing the location of a possible Serbian sniper with a Kosovo Liberation Army soldier in Cernica, Kosovo, on June 23, 1999. Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed from ships of the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group as an enabling force for KFOR. KFOR is the NATO-led, international military force which will deploy into Kosovo on a peacekeeping mission known as Operation Joint Guardian.