National Support Elements (NSE) were part of the IFOR

IFOR

The Implementation Force was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour. Its task was to implement the military Annexes of The General Framework Agreement for...

, and later the SFOR

SFOR

The Stabilisation Force was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement. It replaced the previous force IFOR...

 NATO forces, which was deployed in former Yugoslavia in 1996 and later. The NSE's were primarily deployed in Hungary because of the local stability, good infrastructure, access to local supply ordering and relatively short distance to the battalions in Bosnia.

Each of the contributing countries deployed its own NSE under the common name of Nordic Support Group (NSG), which were situated at the same location in Pécs

Pécs

Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...

, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 for the participating countries. A similar American unit were situated in Kaposvár some 40 km from Pécs, as well as a German in Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

 in southern Croatia, at the coast.

Each NSE had the responsibility of relaying supplies, money, ammunition, mail and food to the respective national IFOR units deployed in Croatia and Bosnia, as well as personnel transportation between Budapest and Croatia/Bosnia. Occasionally, small units were sent to both Croatia and Bosnia to perform different support tasks from there, primarily logistics operations from Slavonski Brod

Slavonski Brod

Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...

 at the Sava river between Croatia and Bosnia.

The Nordic Support Group consisted of units from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Poland.

The NSE has become a commonly used unit, thus it has also been deployed in Macedonia as part of the Kosovo Force mission.