14.09.2012.

Special units' all-round event opens

15th all around event for special purposes units opened today in the "Rastko Nemanjic" barracks in Pancevo. In this sports competition which is to be held on Fruska Gora mt, and organized by the Special Brigade of the Serbian Army, unit members will attend the participants will be from special brigade, Veterans Association from 63rd Parachute Brigade, the armed forces and teams of Bulgaria and Romania.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Commander of the Special Brigade, Brigadier General Ilija Todorov, representatives of the Serbian Army and the local government.

The all around sports event is not just about competing. It is a meeting of young people, sports fans, adrenaline rush and challenge. It is a meeting of elite soldiers willing to honor the sporting rivalry and show how much they can and what they can do – beat seconds, minutes and laps, to express precision, skill and speed with great mental and physical strain, which is characteristic of a small number of people" as General Todorov said at the opening of the competition.

During the two days, 53 contestants are divided into 9 teams, compete in 14 disciplines on a 40 km long track. The event will start with a parachute jump, and the soldiers will reach their aim through a series of tasks including saving the wounded, overcoming different obstacles, target shooting with a grenade, knife, pistol and shotgun, field search, where they will demonstrate their readiness and training.

The first all-round competition was held in 1997. The competition is traditionally organized by the 63rd Parachute Brigade, and that tradition continued after the transformation of the Army's Special Brigade.