(11 Sep 2011)
1. Pan from US soldier playing drums to brass band, AUDIO: music
2. Tilt up from US flag on soldier''s uniform to soldier playing trombone
3. Pan right of band playing
4. Wide of US soldier with local residents
5. Close of someone wearing T-shirt reading (English) "Remember 11 September"
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Col. Dan Starks, 50, from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, regional commander for US troops in Kosovo:
"We will never forget. This is a date that will be marked in infamy. And while we take time to pause and to consider the loss of that day, we also are here in a mission to look towards the future."
7. Two men in street
8. Various of Sergeant Eric Roberts showing children how to play saxophone
9. SOUNDBITE (English), Sgt. Eric Roberts, from Albuquerque, New Mexico:
"Today being able to come out here and to make music and just bond with the citizens here is very touching for me. I was very pleased that I was able to come here and I was very pleased to see them coming out to support us and, being on the other side of the world, this means a lot that people also recognise today and realise the importance of it to us."
10. Wide of US soldiers in street
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Jeremiah Duncan, 23, from Las Cruces, New Mexico:
"It''s impacted me because I thought it is a kind of responsibility to actually step up now and take some kind of action, you know. We were attacked so that''s kind of the reason why I joined the military in the first place, was because of September 11."
12. Woman in white T-shirt
13. Drummer ending song
STORYLINE:
US soldiers serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission Kosovo marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Sunday.
In the town of Urosevac a military band comprising members of the National Guard in New Mexico played a medley of reflective tunes - but sought to lighten the mood with some more upbeat numbers.
Col. Dan Starks, of Rio Rancho in New Mexico, said that the 10th anniversary of 9/11 provides an opportunity to think of the future.
"We will never forget. This is a date that will be marked in infamy," he said. "And while we take time to pause and to consider the loss of that day, we also are here in a mission to look towards the future."
Some 1,000 US troops serve in the 5,500 strong NATO force that is responsible for security in the territory that suffered a devastating ethnic conflict in 1999.
In a sign of solidarity with the US, many Kosovo youths sported T-shirts reading "Remember 11 September".
Some soldiers - including Sgt. Eric Roberts, of Albuquerque, New Mexico - took time to show local children how to play their musical instruments.
"Today being able to come out here and to make music and just bond with the citizens here is very touching for me," Roberts said.
"I was very pleased that I was able to come here and I was very pleased to see them coming out to support us and, being on the other side of the world, this means a lot that people also recognise today and realise the importance of it to us."
Meanwhile, for soldiers such as Lt. Jeremiah Duncan of Las Cruces, New Mexico, the 9/11 attack was a life-changing experience.
He said he felt a "kind of responsibility to actually step up and take some kind of action, We were attacked so that''s kind of the reason why I joined the military in the first place."
The US soldiers are based in Camp Bondsteel just outside Urosevac.
Kosovo authorities are hosting a series of events in the capital Pristina to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and citizens are expected to hold a candlelit vigil later on Sunday.
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