At a time of global combating the COVID 19 pandemia, the Croatian Armed Forces have again placed their capabilities at the service of the Croatian people. As is often the case, it never rains but it pours – so amidst the hard battle against the pandemia the wider area of  Zagreb was hit by the strongest earthquake in the past 140 years, and the hardship demonstrated the members of the Croatian Armed Forces to be the main force at critical moments. Within a very short period of time they placed their capabilities  in relief efforts.