Czech army
| Army of the Czech Republic Armáda České republiky |
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The coat of arms and roundel
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| Current form | 1 January 1993 |
| Service branches |
Czech Land Forces Czech Air Force |
| Headquarters |
Prague,  Czech Republic
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| Leadership | |
| President of the Republic | Miloš Zeman |
| Minister of Defence | Martin Stropnický |
| Chief of the General Staff | Josef Bečvář |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Conscription | Abolished in 2004 |
| Available for military service |
2,414,728, age 15–49 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
1,996,631, age 15–49 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
66,583 (2005 est.) |
| Active personnel | 23,184 soldiers and 7,663 civilians. |
| Reserve personnel | 1490 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | CZK 52.5 billion (2017) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.08% (2017) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | |
| Foreign suppliers | |
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The Army of the Czech Republic (Czech: Armáda České republiky, AČR) comprise the Czech Land Forces, the Czech Air Force and support units. From the late 1940s to 1989, the extensive Czechoslovak People's Army (about 200,000) formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic is completing a major reorganisation and reduction of the armed forces, which intensified after the Czech Republic joined NATO on 12 March 1999.
As defined by the Czech Law No. 219/1999 Coll., the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ozbrojené síly České republiky) are the military forces of the Czech Republic. They consist of the Army of the Czech Republic, the Military Office of President of the Republic and the Castle Guard.
The Czechoslovak Armed Forces were originally formed on 30 June 1918 when 6.000 members of the Czechoslovak legion, which had been established in 1914, took oath and received a battle banner in Darney, France, thus preceding the official declaration of Czechoslovak independence by four months. The military achievements of the Czechoslovak legions on the French, Italian and especially Russian front became one of the main arguments that the Czechoslovak pro-independence leaders could use to gain the support for the country's independence by the Allies of World War I.
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