Everything I did in my life, I did at full blast.

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Jaroslav Foršt was born in 1947 in Chrudim. He was apprenticed as a locksmith and joined up 4th exploration battalion in Jindřichův Hradec in 1966. He went through the complete training and parachute training. During the parachute training he lost two of his colleagues by mischance. After the russian invasion he and his troop performed for four days pirate broadcasting. In 1968 Mr. Foršt accepted the offer to become a professional soldier. In 1983 he went to the secret part of military intelligence service in Brno. In 1994 he became a foreign reporter in the Balkan where he worked several years. Here he also met Madeleine Albright face to face in 1997. Till the 2002 he worked as the Balkan specialist. Mr. Foršt is one of those who saved the birthplace of Jan Kubiš, czech parachutist.