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General Bartels bids farewell to NATO as General Pavel starts his tenure as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

26.6.2015

General Knud Bartels bid farewell to NATO’s Military Committee on Friday (26 June 2015), leaving his position as Chairman after a term of three and a half years. General Bartels is succeeded as the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee by General Petr Pavel, previously the Chief of Defence of the Czech Republic.

Legacy of the Tobruq heros to be commemorated by an integrated international ground-based air defence exercise

22.6.2015

On Monday 22nd June, an international exercise of ground-based air defence units, Tobruq Legacy 2015, begins at the Boletice military area in Cesky Krumlov. In addition to Czech soldiers, members of the armed forces of Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia and the United States of America will also participate.

NATO Spearhead Force deploys for first time, Exercise Noble Jump underway

12.6.2015

Czech soldiers from the 43rd Airborne Battalion, 2nd Company, prepare their vehicles in a staging area enroute to the Pardubice Airfield in Chrudim, Czech Republic, during the Exercise Noble Jump alert phase in April. Noble Jump marks the first time that high-readiness units have physically tested their response to rapid ‘orders to move’ under the new VJTF Framework.

Vehicles in water – Presentation Day training

8.6.2015

A two-week water surface training and survival presentation using armoured and amphibious vehicles was opened last week at the Myslejovice military water training area.

Czech soliders half way into their Mali Mission

2.6.2015

The Czech soldiers of the 5th Task Force continue their participation in the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). Three months of their six-month rotation scheme has already elapsed.