Czech Military Review, 2019 (vol. 100), issue 2
The War Between Georgia and the Russian Federation as an Important MilestoneReviewed - Review
Jan Eichler
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 3-19 
In 2018, it has been already ten years since one of the major wars of the post-Cold War period, namely, the war between Georgia and the Russian Federation. This war lasted only for five days, but it also became an important milestone in the development of the international security relations as well as the military science at the beginning of the 21st century. The article evaluates its geopolitical framework on the basis of the neorealist theory of the balance of security threats and it also deals with its impact on the development of the Russian military.
Commanders´ Development for Strategic Level Defence ManagementReviewed - Review
Milan Marek, Josef Procházka, Janka Kosecová
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 20-37
The article offers for expert discussion research outcomes assessing commanders´ development in the area of leadership for assignments in defense organization. It also evaluates the level of utilization of gained competencies while managing these organizations. Research was conducted from 2017 to 2019 and embraced predominantly surveys among participants of career courses provided by the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies of Defense University in the life-long education program. Research outcomes proved limited level of understanding and implementation of leadership theoretical framework in daily business. Additionally, it shows that...
Assessment of a Model of Competency to Lead Others for the Graduates of the Faculty of Military Leadership Working in the Armed Forces of the Czech RepublicReviewed - Review
Andrea Brichová, Petr Veselík
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 38-49
The article is focused on assessment of the model of competency to lead others for graduates of the Faculty of Military Leadership of the University of Defence. This competency to handle the initial demands of a command post, to which graduates of the Faculty of Military Leadership may be enrolled immediately after their studies. The main aim of the research was to define, structure and evaluate the model of competency to lead others for the graduates of the Faculty of Military Leadership based on the experiences of the commanders which serves in the Army of the Czech Republic. Questionnaire survey of own construction for two groups of respondents...
The Third and Fourth Generation Tanks And Their Role In Modern WarfareReviewed - Review
Jan Kleiner, Matyáš Bajer, Natálie Zelinková
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 50-66
Tanks and anti-tank weapons in modernized and innovated forms will still appear on battlefields in the next 20 years to eliminate armoured targets and personnel with the usage of precision-guided munition. The progress of electronation and digitalization of tanks allows better situation awareness on the battlefield and cooperation with other military assets. An active protection measures were introduced to protect the crew such as reactive armour, active defence weapon systems and composite armour. By establishing a safe perimeter with active defence systems, tanks can sustain the incoming anti-tank weapons. Hence is the U.S. Army currently looking...
Arabic for the Purposes of the Armed Forces in the United States and the United KingdomReviewed - Review
Jan Lochovský
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 67-81
The article discusses the history and present state of instruction in the Arabic language in the Armed Forces of the United States and the United Kingdom within the context of their engagement in the Middle East. The analysis of the evolution of institutions tasked with Arabic language instruction since the end of the World War II mainly addresses the issues of fast language-capacity building and the cooperation between the Armed Forces and the academic sector. The main issue in state-organized instruction in non-standard languages is a discrepancy between the required long-term nature of building of linguistic capacities and an immediate need of states...
Applicability of Former Soldiers at the Labour MarketReviewed - Research
Kristýna Binková
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 82-98
The article deals with the applicability of professional soldiers in the labour market after the termination of military service. Its aim is to outline the information about the unemployment of former soldiers and to present the main results of sociological research, which was held among 313 former members of the Czech Armed Forces. Based on the processing of statistics of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic, it was found out that on average 18% of former soldiers of productive age were 8 months without employment during 2008 - 2017. With the help of a questionnaire survey, it was found out that more than a fifth of the respondents were looking...
The Perspectives of Infatry Fighting Vehicle´s Crew TrainingNonreviewed - Other
Miroslav Polach
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 99-107
The article deals with current state of infantry fighting vehicles training and evaluates current status of training documentation (mainly based on own experience). It focuses on the development of crew training mainly based on example of wheeled IFV PANDUR II. The goal of the paper is open a professionally discussion on the topic the IFV´s crew training. Mainly evaluates training maps, which the author regards as essential.
Intelligence Support of Personnel Recovery SystemNonreviewed - Other
Jiří Svoboda
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 108-114
Personnel Recovery intervenes to almost all areas of planning, preparation and implementation of military operations. One of the important areas of the personnel recovery system is the intelligence area. This article describes on the operational level the reasons and basic methods of intelligence support of Personnel Recovery during joint military operations. It introduces selected intelligence disciplines and explains the suitability of their use in the various Personnel Recovery phases. It also describes the intelligence activities related to post-reintegration phase and outlines the basic issues associated with the intelligence support of Personnel...
One hundred years of Czechoslovak and Czech military scienceNonreviewed - Other
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2019: 115-116