Today, 7th September 2015 in Ilinden barracks in Skopje a ceremony for employment of 125 professional soldiers took place. The participants at the ceremony were the following: Minister of Defence Mr. Zoran Jolevski, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski, JOC Commander Brigadier General Vasko Gjurchinovski and representatives from MOD and ARM. Minister Jolevski…
The Final Coordination Conference (FCC) of the exercise “Macedonian Flash 11” (MF-11) took place at the Training Center (TC) “Pepelishte” from 31.08 to 04.09.2015. The conference was led by the Exercise Director and the Syndicate leaders. In accordance with the NATO Exercise Directive 75-3 the participants of the conference prepared the following documents: Dynamic plan…
The servicemen of the Armored Reconnaissance Platoons of the subordinate units of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade within the Joint Operations Command had a specialized training in summer conditions in the camp Radozda by the Ohrid Lake, from 20.08 to 04.09.2015. The aim of this exercise was to train the servicemen of these platoons in:…
Today (the 2nd of September, 2015) CGS of ARM, Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski and the Commander of the Joint Operations Command, Brigadier General Vasko Gjurchinovski visited the Engineers Battalion servicemen of ARM who work on the reconstruction of bridges in village Poroj near Tetovo. During their visit the Mayor of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi and the…
The Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski, accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff of ARM Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski and the JOC Commander Brigadier General Vasko Gjurchinovski today visited the ARM service personnel deployed at the southern border. “The main aim of the army is to give support to the state institutions, especially the…
Today’s demonstration exercise of the Macedonian and American Military Police units at the Army Training Area “Krivolak”, which is part of the military exercise “Operation Phalanx-Macedonia”, confirmed the excellent working relationship and the high level of cooperation between the two armies. This was a mutual statement of the Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski, the USA…
Today, 27th August at the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, there was a Deputy Chief of ARM General Staff change of responsibility ceremony (Deputy Chief of GS of ARM). The newly appointed Deputy Chief of ARM GS Major General Muhamet Racaj, whose previous post was Deputy Commander of the Joint…
Today, 27th August 2015 the Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski and the Chief of General Staff of ARM Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski had a meeting with the six staff officers of ARM who will be deployed to the mission “Resolute Support” in Afghanistan, and will be stationed in Mazar-e-Sharif at Command North. Minister Jolevski wished…
Army Medical Centre (AMC), within the Logistic Support Brigade (LSBde) under the command of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) starting from today 27.08.2015 has a new commander. The handover of responsibility between the outgoing commander Colonel Dushan Stojanovikj and the newly appointed AMC commander Lieutenant Colonel Irena Mineva was performed with a military ceremony at…