Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
 
15.01.2011.

Odbrana brings to you



In a meeting with the Minister of Defence of Denmark Gite Lilelund Beck, Sutanovac thanked for supporting the efforts Serbia is making in the field of European integration and stressed that Denmark has in recent years donated by our defense system around 3.15 million euros.

"Gold medal for the collective achievement of the year", awarded by the "Vecernje novosti" in the traditional annual campaign, received military and police officers for outstanding involvement in the rehabilitation of the consequences of earthquakes that struck in the fall of Kraljevo. On behalf of the Second Brigade of the award was received by Commander Brigadier General Dusan Stojanovic.

Defence Minister and Chief of Staff recently visited Kraljevo. - Today we are helping citizens by participating in the clearance of damaged buildings, and tomorrow we will participate in the reconstruction of Kraljevo - said Sutanovac, adding that major damage to not only the civil but also military installations.

Colonel Dragosav Lackovic, head of the defense obligations department, said in an interview for Odbrana that the professionalization has not failed because the SAF is already manned with more than 90 % of professional soldiers. Compulsory military service does not exist, and the government adopted a regulation on voluntary service. Active reserve was designed to meet the needs of the current situation. Plan of Defense of the Republic of Serbia will be completed by mid 2011.

The engineering units of the Riverine Flotilla from Sabac worked on the pontoon crossing of the Lim river, in addition to repairing bridges damaged by recent floods and which had cut off the village below Jadovnik between Brodarevo and Prijepolje.

The ssue of the psychological selection of the defense system. Unique model of psychological selection, which will be first implemented in the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Army, involves the formation of four centers - in the Military Medical Academy, in military medical centers Karaburma and Novi Sad and Nis in the military hospital. During the first phase of the project, which will allow the operational approach to selection and centralized collection of data on candidates, which has not been the case in the previous periods.

The annual award of the Media Center "Odbrana", the journalism prize "Ivan Markovic" in 2010 was the jury awarded to the journalist of "Beta" Vojkan Kostic on a "Being a soldier." The best athletes of the SAF in the last year were cadets Stevan Stojanovic, a judist, and the best sports teams of the Shooting Club "Akademac. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on the occasion of the Media Center's "Odbrana" –on 24 January.

Where lies the importance of standardization in the defense system? Application of standards leads to a higher level of interoperability of the Serbian Armed Forces, both in equipment and by procedures, and it is an important tool in achieving the objectives of the defense policy defined in the Defense Strategy of Serbia.

We are introducing the honors company in the Training Command. If Emir Kusturica believes that death is an unchecked rumor, then there is no doubt that the paying the last respects with this honors company to people who have spent a lifetime in uniform is a lofty mission to touch the truth.

Cooperation between Serbian and Danish air forces is becoming increasingly more successful. In addition to the primary tasks of control and protection of sovereignty, and the airspace the aerial support to army units, the task of the Serbian Air Force is to continue the organization of search and rescue service, which together form a complex system that operates every day. For the promotion offers substantial assistance Aerospace Denmark.

AS of May 2010 at the website of the Ministry of Defence you can find published and updated overview of laws and regulations pertaining to the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces Serbia published in the Official Military Gazette ", so that everyone interested in these matters can in one place find almost anything they are interested in the field of military law. Now you can really say that all laws, bylaws and regulations of the defense system have truly become available to the public, or, as has become fashionable to say, transparent. The Official military newspaper marks 130 are issued.

Art historian Vesna Burojevi? talks about the exhibition the Paths of Sava Sumanovic which is opened until 29 January opened the house of the Serbian Army. Sumanovic has enabled the observers to be part of these paintings marking the landmarks of his path in the creation process. We can communicate and relate to his work, especially with those where roads are depicted, as they dare not never-ending, but are our roads. Artists tend to be conceited, but I can relate to that as they perceive what ordinary people do not see, and therefore their world is justified. It is difficult to create a work of art. Not many people can do that. Many paint, but there is only one Sava Šumanovi?.

Military museum participated at the museum attraction event in 2010
New Year Fair - Museums are back in fashion. Project was launched last year, and
brings together a number of museums in Belgrade which present to the public all collections in the Serbian capital which can not be found in every day museum exhibitions.

A new series of newspaper articles is on Serbian Hussars. Husars or cavalrymen belonged to an elite form of the Light Brigade. With its richly decorated uniform and distinctive appearance, sharp swords, and fast horses, they marked the history of warfare in Europe, especially in the second half of the 18th, the 19th and early 20 centuries. However, the fact that the first hussars in many armies were actually Serbs, this especially goes for Hungary which has for centuries claimed the right that it was the Hungarians who were the Hussras.

In this issue of special addition on arms and weaponry-Arsenal 49 - a special report on modern arms and equipment at home and abroad will be given.

ODBRANA can be purchased at STAMPA FUTURA PLUS news stands and the military book shop at 22 Vasina Street in Belgrade at a price of 100 RSD.
 
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