Colonel Morrill E. Marston will be the new head of the US Military Liaison Team, replacing Colonel Michael Wyka, who began his Slovak mission on April 20, 1998.
The US Military Liaison Team has operated in Slovakia since 1993 and its main task is to help the Slovak army build democracy, secure its civilian control, and also work on making the armed forces compatable with NATO armed forces through the sharing of information and experience.