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Personnel Size in 2011 and 2012

Real numbers of personnel of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in observance of the Czech Law No. 221/1999 Col., following updates made by the Czech Law No. 272/2009 Col., valid as of 1 January 2011.

 

Year

Gen

SO

JO

WO

NCO

Men

PC

Unass

Soldiers Total

Civilians Total

MoD Total

2012

22

2140

3318

6052

7399

1158

965

697

21751

8241

29992

2011

22

2258

3255

6082

7637

1118

937

952

22261

8303

30564

Notes:

  • Gen (Generals), SO (Senior Officers), JO (Junior Officers), WO (Warrant Officers), NCO (Non-Commissioned Officers), PC (Preparatory Corps), Unass (Unassigned).
  • Numbers include temporarily unassigned (both paid and not paid) career soldiers.
  • The category of the "Preparatory Corps" includes candidates and other students of the defence department.
  • Numbers both of 2011 and 2012 are without a covered part of the Military Intelligence.
  • Categories of "Recruits" ("Men" - ranks of Private and Lance Corporal) and "Sergeants" ("NCO" - ranks of Corporal, Sergeant and Staff Sergeant) were re-established in observance of the Law.
  • The category of "Junior Officers" abandons the rank of "Lieutenant" and the category of "Warrant Officers" abandons "Master Sergeant" and "First Sergeant" in comparison with older legislature.

Updated: January 20, 2012

 
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