On 18^th May 2011, a ceremonial committee meeting of the Society of Military Physicians, Pharmacists and Veterinarians of the Czech Medical Association of J.E.Purkinje was held at the Faculty of Military Health Sciences of the University of Defence in Hradec Králové. On that occasion the merited and outstanding representatives of military medicine were awarded honorary membership diplomas. The founding members of the Society COL (ret.) Assoc. Prof. RNDr. et PhMr Vladimír Měrka, CSc., COL (ret.) Prof. MUDr. Miroslav Špliňo, DrSc, and COL (ret.) Prof. MUDr. Josef Fusek, DrSc, dr.h.c., were awarded. In this way, the Committee of the Society ...