Figure 3: The CAF General Staff Sub-Staff Units Further development of functional areas will result in the development of a Functional Management Model that will enable Chiefs of the General Staff Directorates who are responsible for certain functional areas to serve as commanders of the General Staff Sub-Staff units that are responsible for task execution in the particular functional area. This model will enable a reduction in the number of executive command functions. The General Staff Sub-Staff Units The General Staff Sub-Staff units will be organized into the following organizational units shown in Figure 3. Intelligence Operations Center will continue to conduct strategic electronic surveillance for the purposes of Security and Intelligence Agencies of the Republic of Croatia in accordance with the Security and Intelligence System Act, and will provide joint intelligence support to the Croatian Armed Forces in carrying out peacetime tasks and in the execution of combat and non-combat operations. It will also provide training and professional development of the CAF Military Intelligence branch. Military Police Regiment will carry out military police tasks in the Croatian Ministry of Defense and the Croatian Armed Forces. The Military Police Regiment will provide protection of personnel, facilities and property of great importance to the CAF and the Croatian MOD, and undertake preventive and repressive measures to prevent acts against military discipline and breach of duty. It will also conduct criminal investigations. The Military Police Regiment will be responsible for the provision of MP training and the development of capabilities for breeding and training service dogs. Honor Guard Battalion will perform protocolar tasks for high-ranking military and government officials and will also provide protection to the Croatian President. Center for Communication and Information Systems will provide technical backbone for network-centered command at the strategic level, administrate and protect key communication and information systems of the CAF. Center will be 27

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