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Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia
Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia
Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije
Founded	1990
Disbanded	1994
Headquarters	Ljubljana
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Milan Kučan (1990-1994)
Minister of Defence	Janez Janša (1990-1994)
Chief of staff	Janez Slapar (1991-1993); Albin Gutman (1993-1994)
Personnel
Military age	15
Conscription	Yes
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History	Slovenian War of Independence

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The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia, also known as the Territorial Defense of Slovenia (TO RS, TOS) was the predecessor of the Slovenian Armed Forces. It was named after the Yugoslav Territorial Defense.

History

After the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by Soviet Union, the Yugoslav political Summit adopted the doctrine of General People's Defense and established the Territorial Defense Forces. After the victory of the democratic political party in Slovenia in 1990, the central government in Belgrade ordered disarmament of TO Slovenia, a decision that seems to have been effectively ignored. Many weapons subsequently disappeared from supply depots, and were later issued to the initial territorial defense units of the Republic of Slovenia.

Command

TO headquarters was established in Slovenia on November 20, 1968. The early development of this military command was almost exclusively in the hands of Slovenian officers. However, after 1974, TO staff positions were increasingly given to Serb JNA officers. This was due to the increasing distrust towards the TO by Serb politicians, who feared the growing democratic leanings of some republics. In 1990, the Territorial Defense Republic Headquarters was violently occupied by the federal army. After this incident, Slovenia designated TO with a new Chief of Staff headquarters, who became president of Command of the Slovenian Army. Acceptance of new insignia, in May 1991, marked as the opening of first the training centres of the military burden in Ig in Ljubljana and Pekre in Maribor. 2 June first draftees of Slovenian soldiers were sworn in.

Organization

The command language in TO was Slovenian, and this itself was organized in the form of an ancillary impact force the JNA. After 1990 it was organized as a separate army, which was finally formed in the months before independence, in accordance with the Constitution of RS, which has been adopted already in 1990.

Equipment

Small arms

Zastava M 70AB assault rifle

Aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[1]	Notes
UTVA-75	Yugoslavia	trainer		14	Left by YPA
SOKO SA 341 Gazelle	Yugoslavia	transport		1	defected from YPA
Bell 206 JetRanger	United States	utility helicopter		3
Bell 412	United States	utility helicopter		1
Let L-410 Turbolet	Czech Republic	transport		1	Added in 1994
Agusta AW109	Italy	fast VIP transport	A109A Mk II	1

References

^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

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 == Command ==
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-TO headquarters were established in  [[Slovenia]], on November 20, 1968. The early development of this military command was almost exclusively in the hands of Slovenian officers, but after 1974 staff positions in the TO began to increasingly fall into the hands of Serb [[Yugoslav People's Army|JNA]] officers. This was due to the increasing distrust towards the TO by [[Serb]] politicians, who feared growing democratic leanings of some republics. In 1990, Territorial Defence Republic Headquarters were violently occupied by federal army. After this incident, Slovenia designated a new Chief of Staff in TO [[headquarters]], who became president of Command of the Slovenian Army. Acceptance of new insignia, in May 1991, marked as the opening of first the training centres of the military burden in [[Ig, Slovenia|Ig]] in Ljubljana and [[Pekre]] in Maribor. 2 June first draftees of Slovenian soldiers were sworn in.
+TO headquarters was established in  [[Slovenia]] on November 20, 1968. The early development of this military command was almost exclusively in the hands of Slovenian officers. However, after 1974, TO staff positions were increasingly given to Serb [[Yugoslav People's Army|JNA]] officers. This was due to the increasing distrust towards the TO by [[Serb]] politicians, who feared the growing democratic leanings of some republics. In 1990, the Territorial Defense Republic Headquarters was violently occupied by the federal army. After this incident, Slovenia designated TO with a new Chief of Staff [[headquarters]], who became president of Command of the Slovenian Army. Acceptance of new insignia, in May 1991, marked as the opening of first the training centres of the military burden in [[Ig, Slovenia|Ig]] in Ljubljana and [[Pekre]] in Maribor. 2 June first draftees of Slovenian soldiers were sworn in.
 == Organization ==