Minister of Defense Vlado Misajlovski attended a briefing today (November 8) at the “Strasho Pindzur” barracks in Petrovec, with a presentation of the process of introducing the light armored vehicles “Stryker” into operational use within the Army. The Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Major General Sashko Lafchiski, the U.S. Ambassador to our country, Angela Aggeler, and the Director of the Customs Administration, Boban Nikolovski, attended the briefing.
The purchase of these armored vehicles is part of the process of Army modernization, and according to the plans, the first vehicles of this type should arrive in our country next year.
This briefing was preceded by a week-long joint workshop by Army personnel with the Security Management Institute, the Vermont National Guard and the US 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade.
