Cantonment. The main administrative and residential section of a large military training installation Carbine – A short-barrel rifle, standard issue to U.S. Army soldiers Combat Support (CS) – A military unit that provides operational support and assistance to combat units; Army CS units include Military Police, Military Intelligence, Signal Corps, Chemical Corps, Corps of Engineers, and Army Aviation Combat Service Support (CSS) – A military unit that provide logistical support and assistance to combat units; CSS units provide transportation, maintenance, supply, subsistence, and health services to combat units and soldiers Combat Unit – A military unit organized, trained, and equipped to engage in combat
Cantonment. The combatants of the CNDD-FDD will move to areas designated by the Joint Ceasefire Commission (JCC) under the supervision of the African Mission. The Burundi Armed Forces (FAB) will be confined to areas agreed upon under supervision of the African Mission, with certain elements being exempted in accordance with par 1.1.73 of the December 2002 Ceasefire Agreement.
Cantonment. DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION (CDDRR) 1. The Parties commit themselves to ensuring the prompt and efficient implementation of a national process of cantonment, disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration. 2. The ISF shall conduct the disarmament of all combatants of the Parties including paramilitary groups. 3. Following disengagement, all forces shall withdraw from combat positions to cantonment locations in accordance with the withdrawal and cantonment plan to be published by the International Stabilisation Force and the NCDDRR, no later than thirty (30) days after installation of the NTGL. The current Armed Forces of Liberia shall be confined to the barracks, their arms placed in armouries and their ammunition in storage bunkers. 4. All arms and ammunition shall be placed under constant surveillance by the ISF. 5. The JMC shall verify the reported data and information provided by the GOL, the LURD and the MODEL about their forces. All forces shall be restricted to the declared and recorded locations and all movements shall be authorized by the JMC and the ISF. 6. All combatants shall remain in the declared and recorded locations until they proceed to reintegration activities or training for entry into the restructured Liberian armed forces or into civilian life. 7. The ISF is requested to deploy to all disarmament and demobilization locations in order to facilitate and monitor the program of disarmament. 8. There shall be an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (NCDDRR), to coordinate DDRR activities. 9. The NCDDRR shall comprise representatives from relevant NTGL Agencies, the GOL, LURD, MODEL, ECOWAS, the United Nations, the African Union and the ICGL. 10. It shall oversee and coordinate the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of combatants, working closely with the ISF and all relevant international and Liberian institutions and agencies. 11. Upon the signing of the present Agreement, the Transitional Government provided for in this Agreement, shall request the International Community to assist in the implementation of the Cantonment, Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration program through the provision of adequate financial and technical resources. PART FOUR SECURITY SECTOR REFORM ARTICLE VII
Cantonment. Comprises the infrastructure required for administration, deployment, redeployment, support and sustainment operations at the maneuver site, identified in Figure 1, approximately 1,600 acres. This area is comprised of administrative buildings and support facilities, such as; offices, warehouse/storage, railroad yard, petroleum dispensing facility, shelters, airfield, maintenance yards, ammunition storage, primitive billets and parking areas. This area has been surveyed and has no historic properties. The categories of undertakings listed below have been determined by USAG, SHPO, and ACHP to meet the criteria for exemption in the Cantonment.
Cantonment. Cantonment is the first operational step in the process of demobilization. It involves bringing together the combatants to be mobilized in areas where they are processed according to the terms that have been negotiated between the parties to the conflict. In some cases combatants are simply requested to report to assembly and cantonment centers for the primary purpose of registration, disarmament and issue of documents such as non-transferable identity cards. In other cases the procedure involves rounding up combatants and bringing them to cantonment areas. Cantonment usually proceeds at a pace dictated by the status of the national or local political situation, the level of security that can be ensured to combatants, the evolving cost of the operation and the availability of funds. Short cantonment has been shown to prevent escalation of violence and reduce the risk of health problems, but it also narrows the window of opportunity for preparing combatants for re-entry into civilian life. The response by communities to ex-combatants was mixed. At first they were often received with apprehension, fear, prejudice and sometimes antagonism. To counter this the UVAB began a series of community activities designed to 8 See, for example, Lessons Learned Section in Findings, Africa Regional, Nr. 12, January 1997 Best Practices Infobrief, World Bank sensitize community leaders to the needs of veterans and the benefits to society of their integration. In addition a radio program was established to provide information to the community and veterans about the VAP program (Kazoora, 1997 and Xxxxxxx et al., 1997).
Cantonment. The assembling or cantonment of combatants presents a unique opportunity for introducing a number of activities pertinent to HIV/AIDS prevention. The most obvious of these, although not without its’ economic or social cost, is HIV antibody testing and counseling following all internationally accepted principles of voluntary participation and confidentiality. Cantonment should certainly be used to screen ex-combatants for STDs and to provide them with treatment. Cutting the cycle of STDs is one of the ways of reducing the risk of HIV transmission, especially if medical treatment is supplemented by intensive education, advice and counseling. Providing care for STDs may also be a way and a time for introducing the issue of HIV/AIDS, offering ex-combatants with the possibility of HIV testing and counseling, and providing IEC activities. During cantonment health records can be established with reference to STDs (as well as health in general) and possibly HIV/AIDS. Creating a surveillance system based on health records is likely to be complex under the most ideal circumstances, but initiating a health record system during cantonment may be one of the ways of approaching surveillance. Assembly/cantonment also constitutes a point during which knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices (KABP) surveys could be carried out in order to assess how combatants scheduled for demobilization perceive the problem of HIV/AIDS as well as other health and social challenges facing them and the communities they are returning to. By extension, this is a time when emphasis could be given to providing intensive information and counseling about HIV/AIDS, other STDs and the responsibility combatants have to prevent HIV/AIDS and STDs in their families and communities. Linking this information to the information that is routinely given during cantonment on issues such as social integration and the provision of economic incentive schemes, could be especially useful. Because of the importance of planning for the potential of HIV infection/vulnerability of ex-combatants, the assembly/cantonment period (depending on its duration) may be a point when links can be established with health authorities in reinsertion areas. This could help provide insights as to whether high-risk ex-combatants are moving into low, medium or high HIV prevalence areas and visa versa.
