Defense forces see drastic reform
Jan 02, 2009
TBT Staff in cooperation with BNS
TALLINN - As of the beginning of the year, the Estonian Defense Forces have begun to undergo a series of drastic organizational changes.
The changes will include changing the duties of -- and in some cases renaming -- the Defense Forces' structural units.
The defense forces general
staff, heads of the armed services, the defense forces
Logistics Center and the Logistics Battalion subordinated
to the former, the Estonian National Defense College, the
Defense Forces Battle School, staff, communication and
reconnaissance battalions stand in direct subordination
to the defense forces commander.
Besides, the military police, a new structural unit
instead of a former department of the general staff, the
internal auditor and and the inspector-general are in
the defense forces commander's direct subordination.
At the command level the biggest change is in the land
forces where defense areas will be fully developed. The
command will be largely concentrated to defense area and
brigade levels. The headquarters of the area will gain a
special place on the territorial principle.