4.3.2 Structure of the Slovenian Armed Forces The Slovenian Armed Forces will be organized at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Structure of the Slovenian Armed Forces STRATEGIC LEVEL GENERAL STAFF OF THE SAF OPERATIONAL FORCE COMMAND OF THE SAF LEVEL MILITARY SCHOOLS CENTRE TACTICAL LEVEL MANOEUVRE PART (commands and units) TERRITORIAL PART (military territorial commands and units) The highest military professional body charged with commanding the Slovenian Armed Forces at the strategic level will be the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces. At the operational level, the Force Command of the Slovenian Armed Forces will be responsible for the readiness and competence of subordinate commands and units; for the operation of the SAF forces in Slovenia and abroad, including support to the system of protection against natural and other disasters; for assistance to other state authorities; for civil-military cooperation; and for the maintenance of the peacetime cores which will enable a gradual increase in the size of the Slovenian Armed Forces. If other components of military service which would significantly increase the planned target size of the Slovenian Armed Forces are to be activated, the possibility of establishing additional commands at the operational level will be examined, if need be. The Military Schools Centre will be responsible for the organization and implementation of military education. Commands and units, in addition to military territorial commands, will be established at the tactical level, representing the maneouvre part and, to a certain extent, the support part of the Slovenian Armed Forces. The main tasks of the manoeuvre part of the Slovenian Armed Forces, which will be composed mostly of the active component, self-sufficient in terms of logistics and mainly deployable, will be to ensure and maintain the required level of readiness of the response and declared forces intended for operations in the Republic of Slovenia and for collective defence, and to develop capabilities, maintain the ability to rapidly generate crisis response forces, form, train and prepare contingents for international operations and missions, and ensure interoperability and the ability to operate in a multinational environment. The support part of the Slovenian Armed Forces will be responsible for the maintenance of technical goods, equipment and weapons. The military territorial commands will complete the manoeuvre part of the Slovenian Armed Forces through territorial units; train the territorial part of the contract reserve component; implement civil-military cooperation; support the system of protection against natural and other disasters; provide assistance to other state authorities; carry out services regarding territorial logistics; provide Host Nation Support services; and maintain the peacetime cores which will 26