After six months in Kosovo First Lieutenant Mads Vestergaard Nielsen is back on the command ship THETIS. As engineer in Camp Olaf Rye he was responsible for e.g. eight large generators, a waterworks and a bio-plant, that cleaned the soldiers’ sewage before it was drained into the river.

“It was an exiting and very independant job, where I had a very large responsibility. I started in the Navy in 1999, became a marine engineer in August 2005 and went of to Kosovo in February this year. Before departure I attended three weeks of training in Varde together with the people from the Army,” says 26-year old Mads Vestergaard Nielsen.

“I experienced somewhat more free scope than aboard a ship. There were good facilities like a gym, fitness rooms, ‘welfare telephones’ and internet machines.” Now he is back as electro-officer on THETIS.

“I can warmly recommend my collegues in the Navy to take a period as engineer in one of the many Army camps in connection with international operations. It is very instructive, especially for a newly qualified as me. Mads Vestergaard Nielsen had two electricians and two plumbers as his assistants.

Text: Michael Christiansen, SPAO DATG

Mads Vestergaard Nielsen praises the spirit of solidarity in the staff company where he served in Kosovo. Photo: Michael Christiansen.