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The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from Czechoslovak army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on January 1, 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 15,996 uniformed personnel and 3,761 civilians in 2014. The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky.

The coat of arms Founded 1 January 1993 Service branches Headquarters, Leadership Peter Gajdoš Daniel Zmeko Manpower Military age 18 Conscription Abolished in 2006 Available for military service 1,413,079, age 15–49 (2008 est.) Fit for military service 1,162,282, age 15–49 (2008 est.) Reaching military age annually ca. 18,000 (2008 est.) Active personnel 17,000 active soldiers and 4,800 civilians (2016) Expenditures Budget €1,66 billion (2019) Percent of GDP 1,73% (2019) Industry Foreign suppliers Related articles Ranks The Armed Forces of the were divided from after dissolution of on January 1, 1993. Slovakia joined on 29 March 2004. From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. Slovak armed forces numbered 15,996 uniformed personnel and 3,761 civilians in 2014. Main article: The 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.

Missions [ ] Slovakia has 169 military personnel deployed in for led. Slovakia committed to increase the number of its troops in to around 45 men by the end of 2016. Slovakia has 41 troops deployed in for. Slovak troops were withdrawn from Kosovo because the Slovak Armed Forces set its priority to focus mainly on an Afghanistan NATO led mission.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 60 uniformed personnel deaths in the line of service to the United Nations and NATO (as of April 30, 2018).

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