On Thursday, the 3rd of November 2016, employees of Milke Šobar-Nataše visited the Franc Uršič Military Post in Novo Mesto. The military post got its name after a member of Territorial Defense Forces, who died during an air raid near Medvedjek at the time of the Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991. After the introductory presentation we were invited to see the museum’s collection of photos, weapons and tools, military uniforms and protective clothing, and other items from the time of the independence war.
The soldiers must be well prepared and qualified to protect and save lives as their military duty is to participate in natural and other disasters. With their help, we renewed our first aid knowledge, especially basic resuscitation procedures and the use of an external automatic defibrillator.
In their daily training the soldiers use various outdoor and indoor ranges. We got to know three. In small groups we tested our accuracy, especially our steady hands. We shoot with a bow, air rifle and a pistol. The majority of the employees never had a gun in their hands, still they performed very well and repeatedly hit the target.
Time passes quickly when interesting things are happening and after lunch we had to say goodbye. We got back with nice impressions and some new experiences.
Thank you to the Military Post Novo mesto for the friendly reception.
Bjanka Bogovac
