Service members evaluate modernization positively
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- Date: 07.09.2015
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The ongoing modernization process of the SVK Armed Forces’ military equipment and arsenal of armaments is viewed positively by 73.7 % of Service personnel. This follows from an internal opinion survey conducted throughout the military units and the MOD’s organizational components.
The opinion survey has demonstrated that the ongoing modernization process is viewed positively especially by those soldiers who serve with the military units where modernization has already taken place and by those who have served on active duty with the Armed Forces for a longer period of time – 16 years and over. “The crucial point is that soldiers can see the changes at work and are aware that we are exerting maximum efforts to improve their working conditions,” said Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
The opinion survey has revealed that when it comes to modernizing equipment, active duty soldiers give priority to clothing, vehicles, firearms, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and combat systems. The respondents were also asked to express their opinion on unexpected combat readiness verification tests and on training exercises, which were considerably stepped up last year. Most of the respondents agreed that such verification tests would improve the readiness of troops to conduct missions and considered them as an excellent way of verifying the readiness levels and quality of troops. Every second military respondent noted that unexpected readiness verification tests should be conducted more frequently.
The opinion survey was also aimed at collecting the views of soldiers on the extent to which our Armed Forces are ready to conduct selected tasks in the area of their responsibility. The prevailing view of the respondents is that the Armed Forces are ready to perform most of the selected tasks such as providing assistance to domestic citizens during natural disasters and floods, executing military missions on operations abroad, and intervening in a potential mass conflict emanating from extremism or ethnic violence on the territory of Slovakia.
The opinion survey has demonstrated that the ongoing modernization process is viewed positively especially by those soldiers who serve with the military units where modernization has already taken place and by those who have served on active duty with the Armed Forces for a longer period of time – 16 years and over. “The crucial point is that soldiers can see the changes at work and are aware that we are exerting maximum efforts to improve their working conditions,” said Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
The opinion survey has revealed that when it comes to modernizing equipment, active duty soldiers give priority to clothing, vehicles, firearms, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and combat systems. The respondents were also asked to express their opinion on unexpected combat readiness verification tests and on training exercises, which were considerably stepped up last year. Most of the respondents agreed that such verification tests would improve the readiness of troops to conduct missions and considered them as an excellent way of verifying the readiness levels and quality of troops. Every second military respondent noted that unexpected readiness verification tests should be conducted more frequently.
The opinion survey was also aimed at collecting the views of soldiers on the extent to which our Armed Forces are ready to conduct selected tasks in the area of their responsibility. The prevailing view of the respondents is that the Armed Forces are ready to perform most of the selected tasks such as providing assistance to domestic citizens during natural disasters and floods, executing military missions on operations abroad, and intervening in a potential mass conflict emanating from extremism or ethnic violence on the territory of Slovakia.
