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Substantial movement of artillery as convoy reaches a dozen kilometres

9.4.2014

Key personnel of the 131st Artillery Battalion last week conducted a tactical movement, 65-kilometre from their base in Jince, to a firing range at the Military Training Area in Brdy, to carry out live firing exercises with the self-propelled howitzer guns, DANA; their first this year.

Polish and Czech paratroopers fight alike!

1.4.2014

A two-week joint exercise of Polish and Czech paratroopers at the Polish military base, Nowa Deba, showed that troops on both sides employ very similar tactics or, in some cases, identical procedures for training and combat.

The Contractual Party never stops!

25.3.2014

The National Support Element of the 8th ACR TASK FORCE in Kabul ensures comprehensive support to all Czech units deployed in Afghanistan. This so-called Contractual Party plays an important role in providing units with all the necessary requirements under local conditions. Although much of the required material can be shipped and delivered from home, immediate requests for goods and services may mean urgent acquisition locally.

15th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to NATO

19.3.2014

"Defence matters" said the Minister of Defence, Martin Stropnicky, speaking at the 15th anniversary conference of the Czech Republic‘s accession to NATO, which was held at Prague Castle on 12th March. He went on to say, "After 15 years of the Czech Republic’s membership in NATO, our security is still not commonplace".

Rotation of units for Parwan and Mali

12.3.2014

Fresh replacement units for deployment in Afghanistan and Africa are ready to assume their operational tasks this March. Soldiers of the 2nd Guard Company will replace the 1st GC at the Bagram Air Field in the Afghan Province of Parwan, a NATO-led ISAF operation, while soldiers of the 3rd Czech unit at the EU Training Mission in Mali will take over from the previous 2nd unit.