The 14th International Staff Officers’ Course held in the Armed Forces Academy (recognized Partnership Training Centre) finished on the 18th of June 2015 after eleven weeks of officers’ preparation conducted in English language.

    Seventeen officers in ranks of 1st Lieutenant up to Major from seven NATO and Partnership countries (Armenia, Czech Republic, Germany, Moldova, Mongolia, Ukraine and Slovakia) completed the course, which is focused on the Operational Planning Process during the defensive and offensive operations and the students will be able to conduct military operations within full spectrum of conflicts in multinational environment.

    The closing ceremony was attended by Brigadier General Assoc. Prof. Boris Ďurkech Ph.D. (Rector of the Armed Forces Academy of general Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Commander of Partnership Training and education centre), Director of the Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic PaedDr. Peter Vojtuš, Chief of Personal Department of Staff for Operations Support of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic Colonel Boris Slodička, Defense Attache of of The Federal Republic Germany Lieutenant Colonel Rüdiger Heinrich, Vice-Rector for Science Assoc. Prof. Dipl. Eng. Marcel Harakaľ, Ph.D.

    They congratulated to all graduates after successful accomplishment of the course. The best student in the course, Cpt. Slavomír Dzurňák from Slovak Republic was awarded by the ISOC Commandant LtCol Jozef Wesselényi.