Final rotation in ISAF

A pre-deployment ceremony took place at Nitra Barracks, home to the 12th Mechanized Battalion, with SVK Armed Forces personnel bound for the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The ISAF-bound 253-strong contingent were greeted by Lt Gen Milan Maxim, Chief of the Defence Staff, Brig Ondřej Novosad, Commander SVK Land Forces, Col Ján Bujňák, GS, Commander 1st Mechanized Brigade, and Ing. Jozef Dvonč, mayor of Nitra. The mission of the KAF Protection Force during its deployment in ISAF will be to permanently protect and defend the airfield at ECP-5 entry-exit checkpoint. MSF SFAT will be tasked with counselling and support to the Afghan National Army in the area of deployment.