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chaplains, firefighter chaplains and customs chaplains. The applicationavailable form is at http:/ www.ordinariat.sk/z form is to be handed over eitherform is tochaplain the or dean or, if not appointed, theto to form be forwarded is the pertinent may be. vicariate, the Please case as note that the application shall not forms to be sent the Ordinariate! The selected participants a will be kept informed in timely manner. the in participation for conditions and Terms Theof Commander the Brigade, 2nd Mechanized Brig During his visit to the Slovak Republic, the Commander of theSlovak Republic, Commander the visit to During his The Vicar GeneralOrdinariate The of the Armed the of SVK 25 - 31 January 2016 Thesoon as possible file interestedmust their as persons applications with their military pilgrimages: pilgrimages: Armed Forcesthe and Armed Corps in an activeMembers of SVK mandatory dr service or reserves – and medical insurance during the j valid passport or identitythe card; case of in participation of dependants at of least the one participants must be in an active service and wearing a uniform; during the participant tourtake a must a holiday, compensatory time, etc.; after approval by a completion, commander or a superior and having signed the application, binding forwarded via a chaplain toto thethe be ASAP vicariate. same is of uniforms in participants the to given be will preference The theForces Armed and Armed Corps of the Slovak Republic. by celebrating the Holy Mass. Based on the decision of the Church of the decision the Based on Holy Mass. by celebrating the authority, he has been assigned to the Training Battalion Martin upon completion of General. 10 years of the service as Vicar The farewell Holy Mass was attended by Gen Milan Maxim, Chiefthe of General Gajdoš, Forces, Gen PeterStaffof 1st Lt Armed Vice Chiefthe SVK of Gen Pavel Ma the General Staff, Maj Staff, Command Sergeant Major Vladimír Beluš, Chief NCO of the SVK VladimírArmed Forces, Capt Varga,of Director the Ecumenical and Pastoral Service Office, and Servic Genfarewell ceremony,the conclusion of the Bratislava Garrison. At Maxim thanked General the formembers Vicar his service in favour of of Armed Forces. the SVK General Gorenc in visit (28 January) the NATOAllied Air Command (AIRCOM), Armed StaffGeneral SVK the of the Chief of 1st Vice received by the and the Comm Gen Gajdoš, Forces, Lt Korba. The generals assessed the potentialGen Miroslav cooperation options in the Euro-Atlantic region, rent security challenges. General Frank also met Gorenc with the State of Secretary Ministry of the SVK Vicar General bids farewell (26 January) FrantišekPo Col Mons Forces and Armed Crops, Working seminar in Prešov (25 January) Gen a two-day Martin working seminar on the Stoklasa, opened prepa- ration and building of the National Goal 2013 (NG13).In his opening speech, he emphasized the main goal ofized the his intention, participants process with and the priorities getting the units declared ready fo staff.NG13 command and partnershipUnder its goals, the Slovak Republic has committed itself a brigade-sized forming and preparing to mechanized unit as a NATO unit, deployable tothe be assigned to Forces of Lower Readiness (FLR) January 2018. as of 1 a Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters, com- Fighters, ofUnion Anti-Fascist č Gen Golian’s contribution Gen to Golian’s contribution the libera- Gen Ján Golian. Brig Krištofovi Gen Juraj any saw the č plaque commemorate theto uprising officers al muster, the participants of commemora- of the participants the al muster, ructor,children the t operating during operating Royal t WWII the in Force Air , who is toassume the in Cypruswas visited by Air Base commemorated the 94th anniversary of birth of anniversary 94th the Air Base commemorated Land Rover Defender Defender Rover Land č era and by Chief of Group Operations of Control the by Chief Maj era and Air Base was named after Air BaseMaj Gen was named after Smik on 28 August č er of the SVK Land Forces. č in EUFOR ALTHEA paid a vis- Slovak (Liaison and Obser- and (Liaison Slovak and Canine Military Police Divi- . (SER) 82 pistol at fixed targets ť familiarized themselves with the ations, construction design, opera- rnational Military Pilgrimange Pilgrimange Military rnational assessment of the training year a mine safety inst Republic, the Chief of the Military Office of Sector 4 of UNFICYP Brig Gen Daniel Zmeko Daniel Brig Gen operation with . The participants . They were given the opportunity to hone their Members of the SVL Land Forces HQ, together with the representatives of of SVL Land representatives with together the the HQ, Forces of Members

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č Mobile Communications and Information Systems Base On 20 January, members of the At the gathering of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forc- On 26 January, the barrier shooting range in Su On Wednesday, 27 January, Duklianske Barracks at the SVK On 27 January, January, 27 On On 18-22 January, the Training18-22 January, the On

ubomír Gacko, who had, as of 1 February, joined the Staff for ● vation Team) LOT Novo Sarajevo it to a winter camp for junior scouts from the “Youth” Association from Ilijaš. In co Elizabeth Sellwood, the advisor to Mrs Lisa Buttenheim, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of Mission of the United Nations Peace Keeping Force received was she Famagusta, Štefánik, M. R. Camp At Cyprus. in by the Commander of Sector 4, Lt Col Miroslav Belanský. The ad- visor was interested to find out more about the Deryneia crossing point on the Green Line between the northern and southern parts of the island, the construction of which has been approved by leaders of both communities in Cyprus. ● es members, Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim bid farewell to the outgoing Chief of Staff for Op- erations Support, responsibilities of Deputy Command He is to replace the outgoing deputy commander, Brig Gen Ľ Operations Support, General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces. ● shooting skills while firing the vz. and the vz. (SER) 58 machine gun from standing position at mov- ing and disappearing targets. ● MOD hosted the military unit’s marksmanship training of members of the Management Centre, of the Ružomberok (TY) 2015 President of the Slovak Republic, Col Vladimír Šimko, and the Commander of the Residence of the President of the Slovak Re- public, Col Norbert Kádek. Following the assessment of the 2015 activities presented by the Commander of the Honour Guard of the President of the Slovak the President of the Slovak Republic, Col Vladimír Šimko, thanked members of the unit for their high quality tasks performance in the TY 2015. vehicle’s basic technical specific tion and maintenance details, possible breakdowns and repairs, off - and on-road driving specifics, as well as with its rope winch sys- tem. They were required check to the vehicles before and after us- ing them, and underwent practical driving on roads and in off-road terrainTraining at the Centre Leš were briefed on the principles of mine safety. Under the initiative, the Slovak LOT donated generous food packs to the kids, pur- chasedthe from proceedsofa donation event. ● ● sion Vlkanová – Hronsek delivered the Driver Course 1/ 58th International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France France Lourdes, to Pilgrimage Military International 58th 1/ Date: 2016 (departurereturn 24 May) 18 May, 18 – 24 May Registration closing date: 28 February 2016 2/ 11th NationalPilgrimange of Ordinariate the of theForces Armed and Armed Corps of the Slovak Italy Vatican, the and Rome to Republic Date: 2016 18 – 24 September Registration closing date: 31 May 2016 3/ St CyrilSt Methodius andMeetingof Military Ordinariates of Slovakia and Hungary in Zalavár, Hungary Date: 4 June 2016 Registration closing date: 31 May 2016 4/ 20th NationalPilgrimange of Ordinariate the of the Armed Forces and Armed of Slovak the Corps RepublicLevo to Pilgrim Tours with Ordinariate of SVK Armed Forces and Armed Corps in 2016 2016 in Corps Armed and Forces Armed of SVK Ordinariate with Tours Pilgrim July 2016 Date: 2 July – 3 Registration closing date: 31 May 2016 5/ Participation in25th the Inte Warsawfrom to Czestochowa, Poland Date: 4 – 14 August 2016 Registration closing date: 31 May 2016 6/ Participationmembers of of the Forces the Armed and Armed Corpsof the Slovak Republicin the National Pilgrimage in Šaštín Date: 15 September 2016 Soldiers commemorating Ján Goliancommemorating Soldiers Smik Otto and (26 January) Tren the 2002 and bears his name to-date. The commemoration ceremony held at the Otto Smik Otto the ceremony held at The commemoration name to-date. 2002 and bears his the of Staff of by Chief nephew Ján Smik; General’s the also by Memorial was attended Tactical Wing Maj Rastislav Ku Tomáš Bajnok. the Land Forces Deputy Commander, pointed out pointed out Commander, Land Forces Deputy the memorated the 110th anniversary of birth of anniversary of birth the 110th memorated ceremoni the At the end of Slovakia. of tion ceremony laidtion to memorialwreaths the present-day building Forces Headquarters. Land the in the of 1944 operated who in 1939 - members Slia On 21 January, of of the most successful Slovak fighter pilo Slovak fighter successful most the of (UK) – Maj Gen Otto Smik. Slia tants but al- MoD SR lents or the top-level sports- of SVK Minister of Defence t step. The 5th Regiment has The 5th Regiment has t step. ept of the MSC Dukla further the MSC Dukla further ept of ul, namely in terms of sharing in terms of sharing namely ul, Centre Dukla Banská BystricaCentre of the 5th Special Forces Reg- the assets we invest in Dukla Dukla the assets we invest in ouches from the MSC Dukla l Forces Regiment Žilina. The The l Forces Regiment Žilina. learned in the preparation of he Olympics contes e sportsmen,”Di- concluded the some practical experience there facilities for the training purpos- facilities for t to evaluate athlete’s muscular athlete’s t to evaluate chniques that might be used in that might be used in chniques c centre, which was held on Fri- rces and the sportsmen to know rces and the sportsmen to know mine power output, electromyo- ble for the armed forces to make armed forces to make the for ble . he physiotherapists and personal es Regiment are highly trained. trained. es Regiment are highly č hat falls under the Defence Depart- hat falls . On this occasion, he pointed out that the the that he pointed out . On this occasion, č For a whole week, the high-performance sportsmen sportsmen high-performance the week, For a whole . č

According to one of the members among other things, the blood provides, lab The new diagnostic Throughout the week, five soldiers from the elite 5th Regiment elite 5th Regiment Throughout the week, five soldiers from the “It is our pleasure to provide our

“This week, we have carried out a pilot project of the process we of the process we project pilot out a have carried week, we “This eBULLETIN gas analyzers with test stress cycle ergometer with a ECG, stress test ECG, conveyor belt, myotes joined the best sportsmen and c joined the best preparation along with Banská Bystrica to undergo training and them. “I believe they have gained was very inspiring. them also for us, meeting to say that and I have We have learned a variety of te the high-performanc preparation of the MSC Dukla. rector of is most usef iment, such cooperation preparation and to improve know-how the experience and getting “We sportsmen. re- top-level and the soldiers the both training of ceived recommendations from t fitness trainers thewhat as to training we can do to cycle make to Michal Martikán, he explained. According even more effective,” Special Fo the for both it is good the recommended limits. to deter performance, fitrodyne of movement the biomechanics to analyze telemetry graph with and Keiser exercise machine to determine the dynamic and maxi- mum power output. so with the soldiers,” said Director Dukla Banská By- MSC the of the so with soldiers,” strica Richard Galovi Forc Special the 5th troops from development. It is our ambition that ambition It is our development. have come up with a also by the armed forces. We will be utilized sound plan and this has been the firs week and I am sure used the diagnostic equipment for the whole that in the future it will be possi the use of all the facilities of the Military Sport Centre,” said SVK Glvá Minister of Defence Martin unites ofArmed Forces. Special Forces of the the SVK In my view, our Military Sport Centre t ment should share the lessons sportsmen not only with the young ta men representing our country and t (29 January) and couches from the Military Sport the conc have launched as a part of To serve both the sportsmen and soldiers shared their experience of physical preparation and training with with training and of physical preparation shared their experience 5th Specia the troops of the elite diagnosti presentation of the new day, was graced with the presence Martin Glvá

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