strong ally... 50 soldiers and a dog.
Hey, good to see that you're back here!
Of course, it's also a good thing that you're return is going to annoying the heck out of a couple of Islamonazis that we all know! LOL!
Just make sure that you do not annoy the moderators (shaking index finger sternly at the Captain)!
Welcome back, Captain. Although throwing you off was, in my opinion, an over-reaction, I do agree with the policy of not allowing graphic photos.
As to Albania as an ally of the USA, they have provided a company to SFOR in Bosnia, a Special Operations platoon in Afghanistan, and another company in Iraq (for months attached to the 502d Infantry of the 101st Airborne). Their commandoes in Iraq repulsed an Iraqi attack on the 101st's main airfield near Mosul, have been in several engagements, and have had at least one wounded. Just as we have, they are rotating their units in and out of theater, so they've had about a battalion + either already there or currently serving on OIF & OEF.
After the lefties in our own country arranged to shut down our training base on Vieques Island (Puerto Rico), Albania offered up Sazan Island in the Adriatic for our Navy and Marine amphibious groups to do their final live fire validation exercises. Various U.S. military units, to include the 173d Airborne & the Marines, have done other extended exercises in Albania.
So Shqiperia has been helping. I know the Serb military is willing to help as well, but it probably will not happen at a minimum until there is a better record in Belgrade on prosecuting war criminals--and perhaps also not as long as the Serb Radical Party plays a prominent role in the government.