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12-14-2010, 12:46 PM
Trond André Bolle
Born: 5 july 1968 Vestby in Follo in Akershus, Norway
Dead: 27 june 2010 (41 years)
Place of death: Almar in Faryab province, Afghanistan
Military Service: 1989 - 2010
Unit: Naval Special Forces Command (MJK, Marinejegerkommandoen)
Wars: Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
Trond André Bolle (born July 5, 1968 in Follo Vestby, Akershus, died June 27, 2010 in Afghanistan) was a Norwegian Special Forces officer. He was a commando and lieutenant commander in the Naval Special Forces Command. Bolle killed 27 June 2010, when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb (IED) on an ISAF mission in the city Almar in Faryab Province, Afghanistan.
Background
Bolle grew up in Vestby. He later moved to Lena in Toten, where he lived with his wife and children.
Service
Bolle began in the Naval Special Forces Command in 1989. He served in the former Yugoslavia and in Kosovo, and had several periods of service in Afghanistan. After participating in operations in Afghanistan in 2005, he was awarded War Cross with sword. Bolle was in Afghanistan when the Norwegian camp "The Bank" in Meymaneh city was attacked in 2006. It degenerated into one of the longest gunfights the Norwegian forces have been involved in Afghanistan.
Death
Bolle was killed on Sunday 27 June 2010 during service in the ISAF in Afghanistan. He was part of a motorized patrol (Military Observation Team (MOT) at the ISAF mission in the city Almar in Faryab province when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb, also called IED. The vehicle was a further three Norwegian soldiers, Andreas Eldjarn, Simen Tokle and Christian Lian. All four lost their lives in what is the biggest loss of Norwegian personnel in a single incident in connection with the war in Afghanistan.
Bolle lived in East Toten. The first Norwegian soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2004, Tommy Rødningsby, also came from this municipality. Bolle became the second soldier from East Toten who lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Khalid Skah case
After the car bomb took the life of the Bolle, it became known that he was one of two commandos who were part of a private operation where the two children of athletics star Khalid Skah was retrieved in Morocco in July 2009. The case made headlines in the media, and brought Morocco and Norway into a diplomatic conflict.
Awards
Bolle received the Defence Medal International Operations with three stars, the Armed Forces Operations medal ribbons for Afghanistan with selection of four service periods, the Navy Service Medal with three stars, the NATO medal in the ribbon for service in the former Yugoslavia, the NATO medal in the ribbon for service in Kosovo, NATO Medal for service in the bands of the ISAF and NAIS Gold Medal with one star.
He was posthumously awarded the Defence Medal fallen in battle.
War hero Gunnar Sønsteby declared on 29th June, that Bolle has earned the Military Cross with swords, and should receive the award posthumously.
(NORWEGIAN MEDAL OF HONOR, ONLY GIVEN TO A FEW DURING WW2)
Born: 5 july 1968 Vestby in Follo in Akershus, Norway
Dead: 27 june 2010 (41 years)
Place of death: Almar in Faryab province, Afghanistan
Military Service: 1989 - 2010
Unit: Naval Special Forces Command (MJK, Marinejegerkommandoen)
Wars: Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
Trond André Bolle (born July 5, 1968 in Follo Vestby, Akershus, died June 27, 2010 in Afghanistan) was a Norwegian Special Forces officer. He was a commando and lieutenant commander in the Naval Special Forces Command. Bolle killed 27 June 2010, when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb (IED) on an ISAF mission in the city Almar in Faryab Province, Afghanistan.
Background
Bolle grew up in Vestby. He later moved to Lena in Toten, where he lived with his wife and children.
Service
Bolle began in the Naval Special Forces Command in 1989. He served in the former Yugoslavia and in Kosovo, and had several periods of service in Afghanistan. After participating in operations in Afghanistan in 2005, he was awarded War Cross with sword. Bolle was in Afghanistan when the Norwegian camp "The Bank" in Meymaneh city was attacked in 2006. It degenerated into one of the longest gunfights the Norwegian forces have been involved in Afghanistan.
Death
Bolle was killed on Sunday 27 June 2010 during service in the ISAF in Afghanistan. He was part of a motorized patrol (Military Observation Team (MOT) at the ISAF mission in the city Almar in Faryab province when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb, also called IED. The vehicle was a further three Norwegian soldiers, Andreas Eldjarn, Simen Tokle and Christian Lian. All four lost their lives in what is the biggest loss of Norwegian personnel in a single incident in connection with the war in Afghanistan.
Bolle lived in East Toten. The first Norwegian soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2004, Tommy Rødningsby, also came from this municipality. Bolle became the second soldier from East Toten who lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Khalid Skah case
After the car bomb took the life of the Bolle, it became known that he was one of two commandos who were part of a private operation where the two children of athletics star Khalid Skah was retrieved in Morocco in July 2009. The case made headlines in the media, and brought Morocco and Norway into a diplomatic conflict.
Awards
Bolle received the Defence Medal International Operations with three stars, the Armed Forces Operations medal ribbons for Afghanistan with selection of four service periods, the Navy Service Medal with three stars, the NATO medal in the ribbon for service in the former Yugoslavia, the NATO medal in the ribbon for service in Kosovo, NATO Medal for service in the bands of the ISAF and NAIS Gold Medal with one star.
He was posthumously awarded the Defence Medal fallen in battle.
War hero Gunnar Sønsteby declared on 29th June, that Bolle has earned the Military Cross with swords, and should receive the award posthumously.
(NORWEGIAN MEDAL OF HONOR, ONLY GIVEN TO A FEW DURING WW2)