WO 1st Class Jan Smetana, born in 1984 in Prague, he finished High School (SPŠ) of Transport Prague in 2004, then he became a career soldier. He completed several professional courses: Warrant Officer Basic Course, Military Academy Vyškov in 2005; ARTHUR operator's Course at Jince; course organized by British Military Advisory and Training Team Central and Eastern Europe (BMATT CEE) Přáslavice in 2008. Since the year 2007 he has been serving as a section leader at Jince. In 2009 he started to study of international relations at the Metropolitan University Prague (MUP), where is also a member of the Centre for Security Studies (C4SS).

Country: Czech Republic

22/11/2010