Career
He was acting commander of the Georgian Navy from 2006 to 2008. A graduate of the Georgian Institute of Subtropics (1992) and the Ukrainian Armed Forces Staff Academy (2000), Gurtskaia joined the Georgian military in 1992 and fought in the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993). From 2006 to 2008, Colonel Gurtskaia was an acting commander of the Georgian Navy.
On 5 March 2008, he was moved to the position of Deputy Head of the National Guard Department of Georgia.
