The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic is responsible for the defence of the country, implementation of national defence policy and administrative activities in the areas stipulated by relevant laws. The General Staff as an integrant part of the Ministry of Defence is responsible for direct command and control of fully professional Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. The total armed forces of the Czech Republic is around 38,805 soldiers including 25,177 active duty military personnel and 13,628 civilian employees.
The Czech Army Republic land forces is around 5,746 part from the Joint Forces, with the structure:
- 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade (Zatec): 41st Mechanised Battalion (Zatec), 42nd Mechanised Battalion (Tabor), 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion (Chrudim)
- 7th Mechanised Brigade (Hranice):71st Mechanised Battalion (Hranice), 72nd Mechanised Battalion (Pradlavice), 73rd Tank Battalion (Praslavice)
- 13th Artillery Brigade (Jince): 131st Combined Artillery Battalion (Pardubice), 132nd Combined Artillery Battalion (Jince), 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion (Prostejov).