The Military Reserve Force () is a military unit of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
. It is part of
Army of the Republic of Macedonia
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (, ARSM) is the military of North Macedonia. The army is organized, prepared and trained to conduct armed struggle and combat and other actions to achieve its constitutional function of defending the ...
's Joint Operational Command. The organization was formed from the
Territorial Defense units of the
Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
.
Mission
*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
*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
Ten reservists were killed in the
Karpalak Massacre and three were wounded. A monument was built in their home town of
Prilep
Prilep ( ) is the List of cities in North Macedonia, fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308.
Name
The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos'') in 1 ...
in 2013.
See also
*
Army of the Republic of North Macedonia
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (, ARSM) is the military of North Macedonia. The army is organized, prepared and trained to conduct armed struggle and combat and other actions to achieve its constitutional function of defending the ...
Gallery
File:June2001Aracinovo.jpg, Military Reserve Force in 2001 in Arachinovo
References
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Government agencies of North Macedonia
Reserve forces