At the barracks “Chojlija” with a military ceremony the members of the nuclear, biological and chemical defense (NBCD), from the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (1.mibr) celebrated the day of the unit.
At the ceremony present were the commander of the 1. mibr Colonel Dragan Kovachki with the chiefs of command sections and the commanders of the subordinate units, delegation from the Joint Operations Command (JOC), the NBCD officer from the General Staff of the Army and members from the units in Garrison Petrovec.
The commander of 1.mibr, Colonel Dragan Kovachki in his address on occasion of the Day of the unit referred on the history of the unit, the realized activities in the past period as well as the tasks and the duties following in the next period, as only unit with special duties and tasks in the Army and the country. Also he mentioned that the declared platoon from the NBCD Company in the LIBG and the unit would be equipped with the most contemporary means and would be used in NATO led operations, due to this the personnel from the NBCD area had been educated in Germany, Slovakia and Serbia.
The unit is composed of highly trained staff, who can in any time provide NCB protection both to the units of the Army and to the civilian structures in the country and is the only unit which has the word “DEFENSE” in its name, a word which is worth to give a life for your own nation and for which we the soldiers are related to the glorious past and makes us proud in the present.
At the ceremony were announced congratulations and stimulating measurement for the members of the unit, and for the best section from the NBCD Company was declared the 2nd section from the 1st platoon. At the end, the Latino dance group “Akademija Rekreativa” had a performance and also there was a weapons and equipment display.
