Slovak Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from the Czechoslovak Army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022.
| Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
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| Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky | |
The official emblem of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
| Motto | "Česť a sláva" (Honour and Glory) |
| Founded | 1 January 1993 |
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| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Website | Official website |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Minister of defense | Robert Kaliňák |
| Chief of the General Staff | General Daniel Zmeko |
| Personnel | |
| Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
| Active personnel | 19,500 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | €1.67 billion ($2.01 billion) (2021) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.75% (2021) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers | Czech Republic Austria Bulgaria France Germany Poland United States |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Slovakia |
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