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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2006, Vol. XV. (XLVII.): 165-166

He was born in the early part of the last century, in 1919. After the German occupation, he fled the country and in 1939 he joined French Foreign Legion. He fought in Southern France and after the defeat of France he flew to England, where he was requalified for Spitfires. He took part in two operational runs, so he belonged among the most engaged and dedicated Czech pilots. In 1945 he was awarded DFC. Returning to his native country, he became a flying instructor and in 1946 Capt. Liškutin was assigned Aide, 7th Air Regiment, Brno. After 1948 (when communists came to power), he was dismissed from the Czech Air Force, and again escaped abroad. In Britain he joined the Royal Air Force. He retired in 1962 to find a position in a civilian airline company. He accepted the offer to become a pilot instructor in the Republic of Zambia (Central Africa). He wrote two books that were also published in the Czech Republic. Apart from the above mentioned DFC, he was awarded 5 Czechoslovak War Crosses 1939, Medal for Bravery, Merit Medal and many others.

Main Tasks of STA for the Year 2006

Soldiers Together Association (STA)

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2006, Vol. XV. (XLVII.): 192-216

Mezinarodni politicke a vojenske organizace, organy a opatreni pro zvladani krizovych situaci

Plukovník Ing. Vladimír Šilhan, CSc., MSc

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2005, Vol. XIV. (XLVI.): 87-99

Management in Defence Sphere Using Principles of BSC (Balanced Scorecard) and System Dynamics

Nonreviewed - Research

Pplk. Ing. Miroslav Švejda, MA

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2006, Vol. XV. (XLVII.): 167-178

Mentioned Balanced Scoredcard-BSC is an ef f icient tool that helps to the of f icial management to transform vision and strategy into reality, by means of monitoring key efficiency indicators and their transformation into action plans: BSC covers the package of strategy maps enabling to consider mutual connections. Owning to the transparency cause-consequence relation, we can implement cohesive strategy into all level of the organization.

Ones More About Conscription (A Paper about the Issue ofSystemizing of Citizens' Defence Liabilities)

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Mjr. Ing. Bohuslav Pernica, Ph.D.

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2006, Vol. XV. (XLVII.): 106-113

The conscription is a system of compulsory enrolment of men and women into the armed forces. Conscripts may be called to serve in time of peace in order to train for war; they may be called into uniform in time of emergency. Conscripts are distinguished from volunteers and professionals, as well as from mercenaries, who offer their service to any government solely for pay. Recent general discussion regarding reducing duties to perform military service in the Czech Republic between 2000 and 2005 has indicated that the sense of citizens' responsibility for the defence their country is limited, in public eyes, to the conscription only. In reality, the sphere of citizens' defence liabilities is much broader. The comprehensiveness of this issue comes to light particularly when we compare the practice in this area in different NATO nations. In this particular case, the article indicates one of possible solutions to these efforts, i.e. a systemizing approach.

Colonel in memoriam Jakub Koutný

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PhDr. Zdeněk Vališ

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 1/2006, Vol. XV. (XLVII.): 163-171

Mr. Koutný belonged among those who went through the fire of World War II and lately became victims of despotism of the so-called "class laws". In fact, Col. Koutný was not a soldier, but the journalist. At the beginning of war, Mr. Koutný was sent to Poland to inform about Polish practices to return Czechoslovak refugees back to the "Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia". At Poland he joined the Czechoslovak Military Group; lately he experienced Soviet labour camps. In a small city of Buzuluk, where the first Czechoslovak Field Battalion was formed, he became the chief of recruiting commission. There he met people returning from the NKVD's camps (i.e. Soviet Secret Police's detention camps). Many his reports to the Chief of Czechoslovak Military Mission Heliodor Pika were preserved in archives. Nowadays they bear witness on those fearful camps. As a press officer he laid down the foundation of the Czech army daily "Our Army in the USSR". He worked at the Czechoslovak Headquarters in Russia, as a liaison officer at the Command of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR, as a political and military advisor to the commander of armour brigade Lt.Col. Janko. In his liberated country he helped to establish the military publishing house Our Army (Naše vojsko). Shortly after the communist coup d'etat, in 1949, he was imprisoned. He died in a communist jail in 1960.