Veteran Institute Interview 1147: Experiences in Former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan

An oral history interview from the Veterans Institute, conducted by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The interview details a veteran's deployments to Former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, covering training, artillery service, and combat experiences. The record was last updated on October 24, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze themes of unit preparedness and training based on the veteran's critique of his unit's readiness for Afghanistan.
• Study the psychological impact of combat based on descriptions of nightly Taliban attacks and resulting health issues.
• Research command and communication challenges in multinational operations based on accounts of difficult communication with Dutch leadership and reliance on American support.
• Examine narratives of initiative in combat based on the veteran's description of taking action to fire mortars at the Taliban.

Strengths

• First-person narrative providing detailed, subjective accounts of specific military deployments.
• Interview covers multiple operational contexts (SFOR in Former Yugoslavia and operations in Afghanistan).
• Record includes critical perspectives on military organization and leadership.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description is a narrative summary; the full interview transcript's structure and length are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Veteranen Instituut (Veterans Institute)

Collection Method

Oral history interview.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:45:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Deh Rawood, Afghanistan; Former Yugoslavia (likely Bosnia and Herzegovina).