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Because several Dancon's can exist at the same time, the mission name is usually added to Dancon, like Dancon/Irak or Dancon/SFOR.

See also Dancon March

List of some Dancon’s that exists or have existed;

• Dancon/UNFICYP (early 1964 – 1993)
• Dancon/UNPROFOR (April 1992 – October 1995)
• Dancon/IFOR (December 1995 – December 1996)
• Dancon/SFOR (December 1996 – August 2003)
• Dancon/Albanien (May 1997 - August 1997)
• Dancon/AFOR (June 1999 - September 1999)
• Dancon/KFOR (August 1999 – to date)
• Dancon/UNMEE (November 2000 – July 2001)
• Dancon/ISAF (January 2002 – to date)
• Dancon/SRO2 (March 2002 / Nato-excise Strong Resolve)
• Dancon/Irak (May 2003 – to date)