The beginning of participation of Czech troops in a modern history of crisis management abroad dates back to 1990, when the first 200 soldiers of the Czechoslovak anti-chemical unit deployed to Kuwait. The Armed Forces of the Czech republic (CAF) formed from the Czechoslovak Armed Forces in 1992, and from the very beginning kept sending out its troops to foreign operations. An important part of any contingent is its medical support, consisting of a physician (or physicians), field nurses and stretcher-bearers/ambulance drivers. Until the recent past, no resident physician has ever been involved in foreign operation. And there was no reason for that as the CAF used to have plenty of board-certified physicians available. A change occured in 2008 by the operation of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) assisting in Afghan Logar. This operation commenced in parallel with the ongoing operation in Kosovo, another major operation putting high demands on medical support. At the same time, residency training was prolonged to a period of five years. Lack of board-certified physicians therefore led to an idea of dispatching...