Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
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Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky | |
Motto | "Česť a sláva" (Honour and Glory) |
Founded | 1 January 1993 |
Service branches | Slovak Ground Forces Slovak Air Force Slovak Special Operations Forces |
Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Website | Official website |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Zuzana Čaputová |
Minister of defense | Robert Kaliňák |
Chief of the General Staff | General Daniel Zmeko |
Personnel | |
Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
Active personnel | 19,500 [1] |
Expenditures | |
Budget | €1.67 billion ($2.01 billion) (2021) [2] |
Percent of GDP | 1.75% (2021) [2] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | Czech Republic [3] Austria Bulgaria France Germany Poland United States |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Slovakia |
The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from the Czechoslovak Army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. [4] From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. [5] [6] [7] Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022. [1]
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