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NV cpl. recounts Croatian experience

A 28-YEAR-OLD North
Vancouver man is among a
number of reservists work-
ing with UN forces in what
was once Yugoslavia.

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

Six Field Squadron Master-Cpl.
Bryan Couch returned to the
North Shore recently for a brief
break from his posting al a camp
near the town of Deruvar in
Croatia.

Couch 3 volunteered eariier this
year to join the § Combat
Enginecring Regiment based at
CFB Chilliwack.

Said Couch, ‘I’ve never really
‘done anything like that before.
I've put so much time into the
militia. They've sent me to Ger-
many and places like that before.
fm just the kind of person, if
somebody needs help, ill drop
that and help the peopie.”’

The reservist arrived in Zagreb
on Sept. 27. He is committed to a
six-month period in Croatia.

Couch takes‘the dangerous side
of his job, the supervision of mine
removal and road-clearing, in
stride.

His troop works closely with
Croatian engineers through an in-
terpreter

They travel with infantry and
medical sections for support.

“Right now what we're doing is
supervision of lifting minefields in
the area — roads, fields, generally
where people have to have access
back and forth.

‘There are Serbian-laid
minefields, and what we do is
supervise the Croatians going
through the minefields. They do
the actual mine lifting,’’ Couch
said.

Daruvar is not in the thick of
the civil war battle area.

“IT wouldn't say it’s near
fighting. Ar night you can hear
the odd shots being fired, or ex-
plasions from mortars, but it’s

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SIX FIELD Squadron Master-Cpi. Bryan Couch (inset) returned to his North Shore engineering unit (at the Lt. Col J.P. Fell Armoury)
recenily for a brief break from his posting at a camp near the town of Daruvar in Croatia.

just there to do our job.”

The living condition at Daruvar
is relatively good, according to
Couch.

“There's the odd building that's
been siiot at, but it's nat too bad
actually. You can still go to town
and have a burger and u Coke and
stuff like that.’ he said.

really hard to tell which direction
it’s coming from,” he said.

Public reaction to the UN
presence is mixed in Daruvar.

Said Couch, ‘“‘There are some
people who are really, really nice.
And there are some people who
just don’t understand why we are
there and they’re noi too happy.
But overall they’re good.

“We can’t take sides.

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