23.09.2016.
Open Day in Smederevska Palanka
Open Day Campaign in the General Zivko Pavlovic barracks, organized by the Central Logistics Base, has gathered today a large number of visitors from Smederevska Palanka and the vicinity. Like in the last year, the most numerous were the preschool kids and elementary school pupils from Smederevska Palanka, Velika Plana, Mladenovac and Raca.Apart from the display of arms, military equipment and materiel, part of the Open Day programme consisted of thematic lectures, performance of the Stanislav Binicki Artistic Ensemble of the Ministry of Defence as well as humanitarian action of voluntary blood donation and organ donation organized by the Military Medical Academy.
The greatest attention was attracted by exercises "Water Purification" and "Firefighting".
This year, in the framework of campaign, the Military Academy and the Military Grammar School presented themselves and provided the interested parties with information on enrolment and introduced them to their curricula. The Dedinje Military Institution also presented its products.The citizens of Smederevska Palanka and the vicinity consider this action very important, because it is a unique opportunity to socialize with members of the Serbian Armed Forces and to build mutual trust, Commander of the 203rd Mixed Storage Facility, Major Marko Katanic, said.
- Today's campaign aims to bring closer the military profession to the visitors through the display of the resources we have and part of the tasks we perform in order to animate the younger population for their future profession. We are especially pleased by the fact that about four hundred works arrived to the open fine art and literary competition on the topic of Serbian Armed Forces. The most successful ones were awarded diplomas and gifts. I would stress that all members of the storage facility have invested considerable efforts in preparing this campaign because we believe that this is one of the most beautiful tasks that members of the Serbian Armed Forces perform", Major Katanic said.
Today's campaign was visited by about 3,500 citizens of Smederevska Palanka and the vicinity.
