The Edvard Peperko Barracks ( sl, Vojašnica Edvarda Peperka), until July 2012 known as the ''Franc "Stane" Rozman Barracks'' (), are barracks in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

, the capital of Slovenia. They are the home of the

Slovenian Armed Forces The Slovenian Armed Forces or Slovenian Army (SAF; sl, Slovenska vojska; 'SV'' are the armed forces of Slovenia. Since 2003, it is organized as a fully professional standing army. The Commander-in-Chief of the SAF is the President of the Repu ...

. Before the

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, they belonged to the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

. They were built in 1975 at the site of the former Ljubljana airport.Slovesno v Vojašnici Jerneja Molana in Edvarda Peperka

Name

Originally, the barracks were named the

Brotherhood and Unity Brotherhood and unity was a popular slogan of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia that was coined during the Yugoslav People's Liberation War (1941–45), and which evolved into a guiding principle of Yugoslavia's post-war inter-ethnic polic ...

Barracks ( sl, Vojašnica bratstva in enotnosti). Later, they were renamed after the

Slovene Partisan The Slovene Partisans, formally the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia, (NOV in POS) were part of Europe's most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement Jeffreys-Jones, R. (2013): ''In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western ...

commander and Yugoslav people's hero

Franc Rozman Franc Rozman, nom de guerre Stane (Slovene convention: ''Franc Rozman – Stane'') or Stane MlinarKlanjšček, Zdravko. 1996. "Rozman, Franc – Stane." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 10. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 297–98. (27 March 19 ...

, a.k.a. Stane. In July 2012, they were renamed after

Edvard Peperko Edvard Peperko (2 June 1966 – 27 June 1991) was a Slovenia, Slovene soldier. Life and death Edvard Peperko was born in Kamnik and also lived in Domžale. He was one of the first to fall in Slovenia’s Ten-Day War of independence. He was struck ...

(1966–1991), who was among the first Slovenes to die in the

Ten-Day War The Ten-Day War ( sl, desetdnevna vojna), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the separatists of the ...

in 1991. The renaming was ordered in June 2012 by Aleš Hojs, the Slovenian Minister of Defence. It was opposed by the Partisan veteran organization, opposition parties, and one of the coalition parties.

Units

Currently

* 1st Brigade * 10 motorized battalion of the Slovenian Armed Forces * 17 Military Police Battalion, the Slovenian Armed Forces * Technical Institute Slovenian Armed Forces * Guard of the Slovenian Armed Forces

Former

* 12th Guards Battalion of the Slovenian Armed Forces

References

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