[2][5] His role as ambassador there from 1992 to 1995 was largely focused on negotiating with the warring factions in support of American objectives in the region.
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized his service in 1995 with the Golden Eagle Award, the country's national medal.
From 1999 to 2002, he served as associate director of the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany, a U.S. Department of Defense training institute for military and political leadership in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
[1][3] In 2002 and 2003, following the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, Jackovich undertook an assignment as the U.S. government's Senior Political Advisor for U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan, working from Bagram Air Base.
In this position he was responsible for providing policy direction and recommendations to military, security and counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
In 2003, he received the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, conferred by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for "policy guidance provided and special programs designed for the U.S. European Command – EUCOM – in order to accelerate integration of new democracies of Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union into NATO and Euro-Atlantic associations.