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Military Reserve Force (North Macedonia)

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Reserve Forces
Резервни сили
ActiveApril 1, 1992 - Present
Country North Macedonia
AllegianceARM
Size26,000[1]
Part ofReserve forces command
Nickname(s)Reserves, (Macedonian: Резервисти)
ColorsKhaki-Green
Engagements2001 Albanian Unrest
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Kjiro Kalkov[2]

The Military Reserve Force (Macedonian: Резервисти на АРМ, lit.'Reservists of the ARM') is a military unit of North Macedonia. It is part of Army of the Republic of Macedonia's Joint Operational Command. The organization was formed from the Territorial Defense units of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.

Mission

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  • Unit of the ARM from a priority reserve designed to defend the sovereignty and integrity of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • It provides carrying out of attack and defense actions on the entire territory of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • The 3rd Infantry Brigade personnel is professional and from the reserve

Tasks

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  • Continuation of the planned transformation and restructuring of the brigade and bringing the training close to NATO standards
  • Training of the brigade commands and units
  • Recruiting and equipping the brigade with material and technical resources and men

2001 Albanian Unrest

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Karpalak Massacre[3] 10 Reservist were killed and 3 were wounded. Monument war built in their home town of Prilep in 2013.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ THE ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AND ITS REFORMS. Metodi Stamboliski, Ilija Nikolovski, James Baxter, Nano Ruzin, Fred Stephans, Loran Ivanovski.
  2. ^ Commandant of the Reserve Forces (in Macedonian) Army of the Republic of North Macedonia.
  3. ^ (in Macedonian)
  4. ^ (in Macedonian) Archived 2015-04-30 at archive.today