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Ales Opata

Chief of General Military Staff Ales Opata gives a briefing after he met NATO Military Committee Chairman Peach in Prague, Czech Republic, May 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, and chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, attend a commemorative act at memorial to Czechoslovak pilots serving with RAF in Klarov, Prague, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, during his visit of the Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, and chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, 2nd from right, attend a commemorative act at memorial to Czechoslovak pilots serving with RAF in Klarov, Prague, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, during his visit of the Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, left, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, right, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Ales Opata, Stuart Peache

Chief of General Military Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Ales Opata, right, welcomed chairman of NATO Military Committee Stuart Peach, left, during his visit of the Czech Republic, on May 4, 2021, at the National Monument on Vitkov Hill in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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ALES OPATA

Czech Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata (right) explains priorities and main tasks of the military for next year during the Commanders meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, November 24, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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ALES OPATA, LUBOMIR METNAR, ANDREJ BABIS

Commanders meeting of Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata (left) to explain priorities and main tasks of the military for next year. Prime Minister Andrej Babis (right) and Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (centre) speak during the press conference after the meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, November 24, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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ALES OPATA, LUBOMIR METNAR, ANDREJ BABIS

Commanders meeting of Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata (centre left) to explain priorities and main tasks of the military for next year. Prime Minister Andrej Babis (centre right) and Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (centre) speak during the press conference after the meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, November 24, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Ales Opata

The Chief-of-General-Staff Ales Opata attends the parade of the Czech military 53rd reconnaissance and electronic combat unit at the Prostejov barracks, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, on the occasion of the bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Vaclav Malat, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata

The Chief-of-General-Staff Ales Opata, from left, Chief-of-Staff Vaclav Malat and Defence Minister Vladimir Metnar attend the parade of the Czech military 53rd reconnaissance and electronic combat unit at the Prostejov barracks, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, on the occasion of the bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata, Milos Zeman bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems

The Defence Minister Vladimir Metnar, from left, Chief-of-General-Staff Ales Opata and President Milos Zeman (second from right) attend the parade of the Czech military 53rd reconnaissance and electronic combat unit at the Prostejov barracks, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, on the occasion of the bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Milos Zeman, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata

The Chief-of-General-Staff Ales Opata, from right, President Milos Zeman and Defence Minister Vladimir Metnar attend the parade of the Czech military 53rd reconnaissance and electronic combat unit at the Prostejov barracks, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, on the occasion of the bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Milos Zeman, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata

The Chief-of-General-Staff Ales Opata, from right, President Milos Zeman and Defence Minister Vladimir Metnar attend the parade of the Czech military 53rd reconnaissance and electronic combat unit at the Prostejov barracks, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, on the occasion of the bestowing of a combat flag and the honorary name of Major General Josef Duda on the 533rd Battalion Unmanned Systems. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata, right, told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar, left, (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Lubomir Metnar

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata, not on the photo, told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar, photo, (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata, right, told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar, centre, (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Lubomir Metnar

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata, not on the photo, told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar, photo, (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Lubomir Metnar

Only a military torso is left due to years of neglecting of the Czech army, and it is no time for slowing down the military upgrading now, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata, not on the photo, told a military command meeting today, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. We must reinforce the torso once again. The Russian equipment really is not our path anymore. The allies are moving away from us and the potential enemy is getting a generation ahead of us, he said. The military has been suffering enough in the recent years, he said. Opata said his priorities are soldiers, the military's rearmament, quick-impact-projects, the command and control system, and gaining new capabilities. He recalled that the Czech Republic repeatedly pledged at NATO summits to annually spend 2 percent of the gross domestic product on the military in 2024. Some Czech politicians have recently challenged this pledge. Opata said defence spending of 2 percent of GDP is neither money for the soldiers nor money for the army. It is two percent for our defence, he pointed out. Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar, photo, (for ANO) said he considers his main goal to defend the stable and predictable financial framework of the military in the government and parliament. (CTK Photo/Michal Kruphanzl)

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Jan Strbik, Ales Opata, establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Jan Strbik, commissioned commander of 533rd battalion of UAV, left, takes over new sing of the 533rd battalion of UAV, from Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata during a parade on the occasion of establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) of the Army of the Czech Republic, on January 16, 2020, in Prostejov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Ales Opata, establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata speaks during a parade on the occasion of establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) of the Army of the Czech Republic, on January 16, 2020, in Prostejov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Ales Opata, establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata takes part in parade on occasion of establishment of 533rd battalion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) of the Army of the Czech Republic, on January 16, 2020, in Prostejov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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ALES OPATA

Representative of U.S. embassy bestows Bronze Star medal on Czech military dog handler Tomas Prochazka in memoriam. Prochazka was shot dead by an Afghan soldier at the Shindand allied base in Afghanistan's Herat province in October 2018. Czech Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata (pictured) during the ceremony in Chotyne, Czech Republic, November 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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International exercise Czech Lion 2019, soldier, soldiers

International exercise on command and staff level Czech Lion 2019 in Libava military training grounds, Velka Strelna area, Czech Republic, October 9, 2019. Centre is Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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International exercise Czech Lion 2019, soldier, soldiers

International exercise on command and staff level Czech Lion 2019 in Libava military training grounds, Velka Strelna area, Czech Republic, October 9, 2019. Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata speaks during the exercise. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Ales Opata, Joint Fires 2019, military exercise

Joint Fires 2019 eight-day military exercise ends on August 28, 2019, in Hradiste proving ground, Czech Republic. On the photo is seen Czech Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata. (CTK Photo/Slavomir Kubes)

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Tomas Tuhy, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata, Radek Vondracek, Jaroslav Kubera, Andrej Babis

From left front Tomas Tuhy, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata, Radek Vondracek, Jaroslav Kubera, Andrej Babis attended celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Ales Opata, Joint Fires 2019, military exercise

Joint Fires 2019 eight-day military exercise ends on August 28, 2019, in Hradiste proving ground, Czech Republic. On the photo is seen Czech Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, left. (CTK Photo/Slavomir Kubes)

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Lubomir Metnar, Rudolf Straka, Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

L-R Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, Base Commander Rudolf Straka and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis are seen during their visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Lubomir Metnar, Rudolf Straka, Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

L-R Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, Base Commander Rudolf Straka, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar are seen during their visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Lubomir Metnar, Rudolf Straka, Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

L-R Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar, Base Commander Rudolf Straka, Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata and Prime Minister Andrej Babis are seen during their visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, left, talks with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis during his visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, left, talks with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis during his visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata, left, talks with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis during his visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Lubomir Metnar, Rudolf Straka, Ales Opata, Andrej Babis

L-R Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar, Base Commander Rudolf Straka, Chief of the General Staff Ales Opata and Prime Minister Andrej Babis are seen during their visit of helicopter base Sedlec of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR), on August 22, 2019, in Vicenice u Nameste nad Oslavou, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Ales Opata, international trade fair of defence and security technology IDET

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, observes the Meopta gunsights as he visited the international trade fair of defence and security technology IDET, trade fair of security technology and services ISET and trade fair of firefighting technology PYROS in Brno, Czech Republic, May 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

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Ales Opata

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, speaks during a press conference on his first year in office, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 7, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Ales Opata

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, speaks during a press conference on his first year in office, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 7, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Ales Opata

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, speaks during a press conference on his first year in office, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 7, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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presentation of the 601st special force group, Hamry training base

The soldiers from the 601st special force group of General Moravec in Prostejov presented their equipment, including special vehicles, motorbikes, four-wheelers, a combat kayak and a motor boat, to Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar and Chief of Staff Ales Opata at the Hamry training base today, on Friday, May 3, 2019. They also showed them a part of their training, a simulated crackdown on terrorists taking hostages. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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presentation of the 601st special force group, Hamry training base

The soldiers from the 601st special force group of General Moravec in Prostejov presented their equipment, including special vehicles, motorbikes, four-wheelers, a combat kayak and a motor boat, to Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar and Chief of Staff Ales Opata at the Hamry training base today, on Friday, May 3, 2019. They also showed them a part of their training, a simulated crackdown on terrorists taking hostages. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

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Ales Opata

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, speaks during a press conference on his first year in office, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 7, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Ales Opata

General Ales Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, speaks during a press conference on his first year in office, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 7, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis, Lubomir Metnar, Tomas Skacel, presentation of the 601st special force group, Hamry training base

The soldiers from the 601st special force group of General Moravec in Prostejov presented their equipment, including special vehicles, motorbikes, four-wheelers, a combat kayak and a motor boat, to Prime Minister Andrej Babis, (on the photo centre with group commander Tomas Skacel, right), Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (left) and Chief of Staff Ales Opata (not seen) at the Hamry training base today, on Friday, May 3, 2019. They also showed them a part of their training, a simulated crackdown on terrorists taking hostages. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)