Back القوات المسلحة السلوفاكية Arabic Въоръжени сили на Словакия Bulgarian ھێزە چەکدارەکانی سلۆڤاک CKB Ozbrojené síly Slovenské republiky Czech Streitkräfte der Slowakischen Republik German Fuerzas Armadas de Eslovaquia Spanish نیروهای مسلح اسلواکی Persian Forces armées slovaques French הכוחות המזוינים של סלובקיה HE Oružane snage Slovačke Croatian
| Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Service branches | |
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Website | Official website |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief |  Peter Pellegrini |
| Minister of defense | Robert Kaliňák |
| Chief of the General Staff |  General Daniel Zmeko |
| Personnel | |
| Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
| Active personnel | 19,500[1] |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | €2,63 billion ($2.83 billion) (2024)[2] |
| Percent of GDP | 2.0% (2024)[3] |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |  United States Czech Republic[4] Bulgaria France Germany Poland |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Slovakia |
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.[5] From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished.[6][7][8] Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022.[1]
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