V. ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE The Armed Forces restructuring is conducted through reorganization that will result in more efficient Command Structure, decentralization of the Command System and will also improve management and synchronization of processes, through improvements in development and employment of capabilities, planning balance and resource rationalization. The ultimate goal is to maintain more operational, highlytrained and well-equipped Armed Forces that are smaller in size, but able to carry out all assigned missions and tasks. The Armed Forces will be organized into headquarters, commands, units, institutions and other organizational units, and with regard to their role and functions, they will be clearly divided into two components - Operational and Institutional component. The Armed Forces operational component will be composed of organizational units that will be organized and prepared to implement combat and non-combat operations (Operational Commands, Guard Brigades, Flotilla and Croatian Coast Guard, Air Force, Special Operations Forces Command, etc.). The Armed Forces Institutional Component will be composed of organizational units whose purpose is to build capabilities or support capability building of the Operational Component (Support Commands, Military Schools, Training Centers, Service Units, etc.). In the following period the Armed Forces will implement reorganization measures in order to downsize their administrative and command structure in relation to the operational forces. Through functional integration or separation of organizational units, the Armed Forces will consolidate and/or establish new organizational units, create a more efficient command structure and achieve decentralization of the command system. Special Operations Battalion will be reorganized into the Special Operations Forces Command in order to fulfill the commitment to improve capabilities to conduct special operations. Croatian Army Military Police Regiment (Land Forces) and Military Police platoons (the Croatian Navy, Air Force and Air Defense) will be reorganized and combined into a single General Staff sub-staff unit. The Personnel Management Center will be extracted from the Support Command unit. It will be reorganized as a General Staff sub-staff unit. 23