Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
| Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
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| Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky | |
The coat of arms
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| Founded | 1 January 1993 |
| Service branches |
Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force |
| Headquarters |
Bratislava,  Slovakia
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| Leadership | |
| President of the Republic | Andrej Kiska |
| Minister of Defense | Peter Gajdoš |
| Chief of the General Staff | General Milan Maxim |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
| Available for military service |
1,413,079, age 15–49 |
| Fit for military service |
1,162,282, age 15–49 |
| Reaching military age annually |
ca. 20,000 |
| Active personnel | 17,000 soldiers and 4,800 civilians (2016) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | 998 million € (2017), include 248 million € for military weapons |
| Percent of GDP | 1.20 % (2017) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |
 United States Israel Italy Sweden
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The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic number 15,996 uniformed personnel and 3,761 civilians. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished.
Note -- All aircraft data is current as of May 1, 2017.
The 5th Special Forces Regiment is Slovakia's counter-terrorism and special operations unit. The unit is directly attached to the armed forces general staff, but works for the Operational Reconnaissance Bureau.
Slovakia has 169 military personnel deployed in Cyprus for UNFICYP United Nations led peace support operations. Slovakia committed to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan to around 45 men by the end of 2016. Slovakia has 41 troops deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for EUFOR Althea. Slovak troops were withdrawn from Kosovo because the Slovak Armed Forces set its priority to focus mainly on an Afghanistan NATO led mission. Since the independence of Slovakia in 1993, there have been 59 uniformed personnel deaths in the line of service to the United Nations and NATO (as of 2016).
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