Military Reserve Force (Macedonia)

Reserve Forces Резервни сили
Reserve Forces Insignia
Active	April 1, 1992 - Present
Country	Republic of Macedonia
Allegiance	ARM
Size	26,000[1]
Part of	Reserve forces command
Nickname(s)	Reserves, (Macedonian: Резервисти)
Colors	Khaki-Green
Engagements	2001 Albanian Unrest
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Kjiro Kalkov[2]

The Military Reserve Force (Macedonian: Резервисти на АРМ, Reservists of the ARM) is a military unit of the Republic of 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

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

Tasks

• 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

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

Army of the Republic of Macedonia

Gallery

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  Military Reserve Force in 2001 in Arachinovo

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  Flag of the Alliance of all the Defenders of Kumanovo (including Reserve Force)

References

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 (Macedonian) Army of the Republic of Macedonia.
3. (Macedonian)
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