Some 144 candidate soldiers start training

Col Amadeo F Azul Jr, Assistant Division

Commander, 1ID while delivering his message

to the Candidate Soldiers and their parents and

relatives during the opening ceremony of

Candidate Soldiers Course Class 318-13

conducted at Headquarters, 1^st Infantry Division,

PA, Kuta Maj Cesar Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan,

ZDS on June 15, 2013. (Photo by DPAO)

By KIT KAMO
 

KUTA SANG-AN, LABANGAN, ZAMBO.SUR – The Army’s Premier Infantry (Tabak) Division, formally declared the opening of training of 144 selected civilians who will undergo Candidate Soldiers Course cross train with Jungle Warfare and Mountain Operations Course at Division Grandstand, Kuta Cesar Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur yesterday June 15, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.

The 144 strong men aged 21 to 26 who came from the different provinces and tribes in Western Mindanao successfully passed the rigid and meticulous screening and processing standard set by the Philippine Army are now ready to undergo eight (8) months of rigorous training at the 1^st Division Training School in Pulacan.

Col Amadeo F Azul Jr, Assistant Division Commander of 1ID, PA, congratulates the 144 successful candidates and challenges them by saying: “Kailangan ninyong malampasan ang bawat pagsubok na inyong kakaharapin sa inyong pagsasanay. Ang inyong unti-unting pagbabago ay makikita sa inyong kapasidad at kakayahang tumangap ng responsibilidad. Dapat malampasan ninyo ang pagsubok na ito upang masabing kayo ay nararapat na mapabilang sa hanay ng mga kasundaluhan, partikular sa Hukbong Katihan.”

The 144 young professionals who were chosen

to undergo the Candidate Soldiers Course Class

318-13 to be conducted at 1^st Division Training

School, 1^st Infantry Division, PA, Kuta Maj Cesar

Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan, ZDS starting June

15, 2013. (Photo by DPAO)

The event was witnessed by the Officers, Enlisted Personnel and Civilian Employees of the Command and proud parents and relatives of the selected candidate soldiers.

The selected 144 young professionals who heed

the calling of service through the life of soldiery

 were standing in attention during the opening

ceremony of the Candidate Soldiers Course Class

318-13 conducted at 1^st Division Training School,

1^st Infantry Division, PA, Kuta Maj Cesar Sang-an,

Pulacan, Labangan, ZDS starting June 15, 2013.

(Photo by DPAO)