built. In the forthcoming period, in the area of Personnel Support projects will be implemented with the aim to provide for conditions that can guarantee retention and attraction of quality, qualified and motivated personnel. The existing systems of selection, monitoring the state of personnel and support will be improved and upgraded, respecting medical, psychological and physical requirements and its scientific and professional foundation. Through direct cooperation with Religious communities/unions and on the basis of signed Agreements, the implementation of the policy of openness in the area of spiritual guidance will continue, ensuring the freedom of religious expression and realization of the members’ spiritual needs. Health Care Health care of the employees of the Ministry of Defense and members of the Armed Forces will be developed within the integral Health Care System of the Republic of Croatia and will be implemented through the system of Medical Support as part of the comprehensive system of logistics support of the Armed Forces. Military Health Centre of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces, as a military health institution, will provide health care to employees of the Ministry of Defense and members of the Armed Forces at primary level. Health care of the employees of the Ministry of Defense and members of the Armed Forces not provided by capacities of the Armed Forces will be provided by the Public Health Service or through the network of Occupational Medicine physicians in the Republic of Croatia. In operations abroad, Health Care of the members of the Armed Forces shall be provided and implemented through their own system of medical support and will also relay on Allied forces and their capabilities, based on contracts and technical agreements. Transition and Separation of Personnel The specificity and complexity of the military service will be followed by solutions that provide Active Duty military personnel retirement under the special conditions, which should go side by side with quality preparation for leaving the service, while respecting the principles of equality and fairness. In order to achieve the strength of the Armed Forces of 15,000 employees and up to 400 Cadets that was also planned in the Strategic Defense Review from the year 2013, the planned downsizing has already begun in the year 2014. Within this downsizing about 4,200 Active Duty military personnel and 1,500 civil employees will be separated by the end of 2017. Separation of civil employees will be mostly carried out through outsourcing of the jobs of Supply and Maintenance of military locations and structures and Logistic services in barracks. The program for preparation of the personnel for separation will be further developed. The program of transition and separation of the Contract Soldiers/Seamen who will be discharged from military service after one, two or three contracts will be developed. Moreover, special program of transition of civil employees will be taken into consideration. 51