Joint exercise Balaton
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Within the exercise Balaton 2015 held in Hungary, the members of the SVK Armed Forces will provide the logistic capabilities like transportation of personnel and materiel, repairs and maintenance of the wheeled equipment or supplying potable water. The members of the combat service support brigade Trenčín and the 1st mechanized brigade Topoľčany will operate in the region of Káposvár by mid - December. They will harmonize their procedures with those of the troops from the other V4 countries to increase interoperability should the actual need arise for deployment of the armed forces to cope with the immigration crisis.
“I would like to express my thanks to the Ministry of Defence for its immediate response to the requirement posed by Hungary. These soldiers will, together with the Hungarian, Czech and Polish personnel operating in the joint training centre, prepare all the necessary operations with respect to the current crisis. They will focus on how to deal with its negative impacts like illegal migration or the emerging security threats,” stated Robert Fico, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, who, accompanied by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and SVK Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim, graced with his presence the ceremonial parade on the occasion of sending our soldiers to the exercise Balaton 2015.
“The exercise is the next one of the series of the activities we have undertaken so far, together with the police corps and firefighters, when we practised cooperation to deal with the crisis situations and emergencies,” stated Minister of Defence Martin Glváč. “The exercise will be beneficial also for our soldiers, who will hence gain new skills and capabilities, which they will share with their colleagues after their return home.”
SVK CHOD Lt Gen Milan Maxim emphasized the importance of contribution of the exercise to the defence capacity of Slovakia: “The Armed Forces respond to the current security threats in our region. This sort of tasks is not what is usually expected of them, however, in view of the situation on the European borders, these tasks become an everyday reality. I am convinced our soldiers will gain a wealth of experience and they will draw on the lessons learned in the future, namely at training of our armed forces."
“I would like to express my thanks to the Ministry of Defence for its immediate response to the requirement posed by Hungary. These soldiers will, together with the Hungarian, Czech and Polish personnel operating in the joint training centre, prepare all the necessary operations with respect to the current crisis. They will focus on how to deal with its negative impacts like illegal migration or the emerging security threats,” stated Robert Fico, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, who, accompanied by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and SVK Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim, graced with his presence the ceremonial parade on the occasion of sending our soldiers to the exercise Balaton 2015.
“The exercise is the next one of the series of the activities we have undertaken so far, together with the police corps and firefighters, when we practised cooperation to deal with the crisis situations and emergencies,” stated Minister of Defence Martin Glváč. “The exercise will be beneficial also for our soldiers, who will hence gain new skills and capabilities, which they will share with their colleagues after their return home.”
SVK CHOD Lt Gen Milan Maxim emphasized the importance of contribution of the exercise to the defence capacity of Slovakia: “The Armed Forces respond to the current security threats in our region. This sort of tasks is not what is usually expected of them, however, in view of the situation on the European borders, these tasks become an everyday reality. I am convinced our soldiers will gain a wealth of experience and they will draw on the lessons learned in the future, namely at training of our armed forces."
