22.04.2024.
Gun salutes fired in Kalemegdan to mark Serbian Armed Forces Day
By order of the President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vučić, members of the Serbian Armed Forces Guard fired gun salutes to mark April 23 – the Serbian Armed Forces Day.
Ten gun salutes were fired from six artillery weapons in the presence of the State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Mile Jelić, the Deputy Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, Lt. Gen. Želimir Glišović, the Head of the Military Office of the President of the Republic, Brig. Gen. Predrag Kraljević, and the Guard Commander, Col. Željko Furundžić.
The Serbian Armed Forces Day is celebrated on April 23 in memory of the day when the Second Serbian Uprising erupted in 1815, which was the turning point in the creation of the modern Serbian state and army.