a. Reconciliation of Equipment. Towards the end of the mission all equipment that were brought to the mission area would need to be reconciled to ascertain the exact figures of items and equipment to be repatriated. This is necessary in order to further ascertain the number that would have been lost, written off, or presently unserviceable. The result of such verification would determine the UN items and equipment to be repatriated to UN Base in Brindisi Italy for later use. It would also determine the COE, items and their quantity that would be repatriated to the countries of the TCC. b. Repatriation Preparations.
Repatriation preparations include
both preparatory actions and the movement of the peacekeeping force, individuals and materiel from the area of operations to their home country. It is similar to initial deployment but most times it is conducted in reverse order.
Specialist equipment might be required for the
repackaging of certain items such as ammunition. Others include items that have been used in constructions, some stocks and equipment that were used in the mission. c. Discipline and Stress. At the end of the peacekeeping operations there will be an inevitable feeling of euphoria. The constraints of operations would be lifted and the psychological release may, if not properly controlled, result in some breakdown of discipline. Carelessness of weapon handling drills may creep in and lives may be lost. A proper education and enlightenment of troops would go along way to reduce
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