Soldiers welcome New Year 2018 by firing a gun salvo, for the first time they are under the command of a servicewoman from Michalovce
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The New Year 2018, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Slovak Republic and SVK Armed Forces, was greeted by artillerymen firing a traditional New Yearʼs Gun Salute from Bratislavaʼs Tyršovo Square. For the first time they were under the command of a servicewoman from Michalovce.
“Traditionally, the New Yearʼs Gun Salute comes part and parcel with the New Year. In a way it connects our history with the contemporary history of the SVK Armed Forces, insofar as this tradition goes back to the period before the breakup of Czecho-Slovakia,” remarked SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, who was joined at the ceremonial act in Tyršovo Square by other MOD officials. In recognition of the jubilee, he wished the SVK Armed Forces all the best in performing their tasks this year and in the years to come. “I am convinced that, as has been the case thus far, the SVK Armed Forces will be viewed by the public as an institution they can trust, knowing that it is always here for them,” emphasised Head of the MOD.
Traditionally, the New Yearʼs Gun Salute is fired on the orders of the President of the Slovak Republic, who concurrently acts as Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces. This year, active duty soldiers of the Self-Propelled Artillery Unit Michalovce fired the gun salute from the 122mm HD-30 Artillery Howitzers.
“Traditionally, the New Yearʼs Gun Salute comes part and parcel with the New Year. In a way it connects our history with the contemporary history of the SVK Armed Forces, insofar as this tradition goes back to the period before the breakup of Czecho-Slovakia,” remarked SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, who was joined at the ceremonial act in Tyršovo Square by other MOD officials. In recognition of the jubilee, he wished the SVK Armed Forces all the best in performing their tasks this year and in the years to come. “I am convinced that, as has been the case thus far, the SVK Armed Forces will be viewed by the public as an institution they can trust, knowing that it is always here for them,” emphasised Head of the MOD.
Traditionally, the New Yearʼs Gun Salute is fired on the orders of the President of the Slovak Republic, who concurrently acts as Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces. This year, active duty soldiers of the Self-Propelled Artillery Unit Michalovce fired the gun salute from the 122mm HD-30 Artillery Howitzers.
