ODC officials receive Croatian decoration
The Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, General Drago Lovrić on 8 July 2014 presented Lt. Col. Troy Eggum and Mr. Marin Braovac of the Office of Defense Cooperation of the U.S. Embassy to Croatia with the Order of the Croatian Three-strand Pattern.
General Lovrić stated that the United States of America were a strategic partner of the Republic of Croatia in the domain of defence, providing valudable support with training and education of the members of the Croatian Armed Forces, the donations of key military equipment, the strategic airlift in the peace operations, reimbursement of expenses incurred during ISAF deployment, the humanitarian and development projects supporting the local communities (demining and excess explosive ordnance disposal) and the like. He also extended the appreciation to Lt. Col. Eggum and Mr. Braovac for their overall outstanding commitment to the bilateral co-operation.
The U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Kenneth Merten highlighted the good relations between the Office for Defense Cooperation and the Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces, and expressed the hope that they would continue.