Czech Military Deployment During COVID-19: Soldiers´ Experience and the Perspectives of Organisations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F25%3A43899159" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/25:43899159 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2025/1-2025/articles/czech-military-deployment-during-covid-19.html" target="_blank" >https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2025/1-2025/articles/czech-military-deployment-during-covid-19.html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.25.2025.01.147-162" target="_blank" >10.3849/1802-7199.25.2025.01.147-162</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Czech Military Deployment During COVID-19: Soldiers´ Experience and the Perspectives of Organisations
Original language description
This article examines the domestic deployment of the Czech Armed Forces during the COVID-19 pandemic, analysing both institutional and individual dimensions of military assistance to civil authorities. Drawing on two empirical surveys-one administered to deployed soldiers and another to representatives of beneficiary institutions-the study explores perceptions of operational effectiveness, interagency coordination, and public trust. Czech soldiers were critical in providing logistical and medical support, maintaining internal security, and assisting with strategic planning. Deployed personnel reported significant personal and professional development, while beneficiary institutions emphasised the military's adaptability and responsiveness. Although challenges in coordination and communication emerged, the military's contribution was widely regarded as indispensable. The results underscore the evolving role of armed forces in non-traditional security contexts, contributing to broader debates on civil-military relations, crisis governance, and the militarisation of public health responses.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Obrana a Strategie
ISSN
1214-6463
e-ISSN
1802-7199
Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
147-162
UT code for WoS article
001523132100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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