Weber took over from US Brigadier General Steven Schook.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) maintained a small contingent of troops in Bosnia after the European Union took over security tasks in the Balkan country from the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) in December 2004.

SFOR was deployed in Bosnia to provide security and oversee the military aspects of the peace deal that ended the country's 1992-95 war.