M. Glváč: We do not wish to lose experienced professionals, soldiers will be allowed to serve longer
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Professional soldiers will be able to serve in the SVK Armed Forces longer. This follows from the State Service of Professional Soldiers Draft Act, which was approved by the government on Thursday, 4 June. The Ministry of Defence does not wish to continue to lose trained, experienced and well-prepared soldiers. “By changes that we have prepared we want to demonstrate to soldiers that we respect their work and experience and the soldier´s profession may be a life-long job,” said the Minister of Defence Martin Glváč. Permanent state service is being introduced as a new type of the state service of professional soldiers. Professional soldiers will get higher salaries for the entire duration of service and also extended will be the pay scale by two more degrees. On the other hand, the SVK Armed Forces do not wish to have soldiers who are not interested in the service. Upon entitlement to military retirement benefits, they will be allowed to retire at their personal request and the Service Office will be obliged to approve of their request.
The Act introduces new regulations of shaping the state career, which will reinforce the powers of commanders in promoting service personnel. Under the new circumstances, the unpopular competitive job selection will replace the current control system of service career. A so-called military specialization guarantor, one which will better follow the career of soldiers in their specialization, will be introduced. Care will be extended by incorporating specialized medical care and a new type of preventive rehabilitation. Besides a two-week recreational stay and treatment stay in the duration of three weeks, there will be a preventive rehabilitation in the form of two-week active rest. Novelties will also touch on rank categories. Military warrant officer ranks will be transformed into the non-commissioned officers ' corps. The Act should enter into validity at the beginning of 2015.
The Act introduces new regulations of shaping the state career, which will reinforce the powers of commanders in promoting service personnel. Under the new circumstances, the unpopular competitive job selection will replace the current control system of service career. A so-called military specialization guarantor, one which will better follow the career of soldiers in their specialization, will be introduced. Care will be extended by incorporating specialized medical care and a new type of preventive rehabilitation. Besides a two-week recreational stay and treatment stay in the duration of three weeks, there will be a preventive rehabilitation in the form of two-week active rest. Novelties will also touch on rank categories. Military warrant officer ranks will be transformed into the non-commissioned officers ' corps. The Act should enter into validity at the beginning of 2015.
