150 new recruits sent for Basic Military Training

 

6ID Commander Major General

Edmundo R. Pangilinan

By JONG CADION

Camp Siongco, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao --- A total of 150 candidate soldiers coming from the different municipalities in the Provinces of Mindanao were officially sent for a 20-week training at the Army’s 6^th Infantry (Kampilan) Division (6ID) Training School in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, military official said.

6ID Public Affairs Office Chief Capt. Jo-Ann D. Petinglay said the new set of recruits have undergone the complete screening and pre-entry process earlier this year.

Petinglay said the training will be in two (2) phases: the Basic Military Training which will run for 13 weeks, and the Jungle Warfare Mountain Operations Course that will be expected to finish in seven (7) weeks.

Petinglay said the Parents, family members, and loved ones of the recruits flocked to the grounds of the 6ID in order to wish their candidate soldiers well and to witness the oath-taking ceremony.

Petinglay also said the 6ID Commander Major General Edmundo R. Pangilinan in his message said that he wants the training to be purposive and relevant because what will be taught during the duration are the same lessons that will keep the would-be soldiers survive their military careers.

The 6ID Commander also reminded the trainers to make sure to inculcate discipline and respect for authority, to ensure adherence to uncompromising standards and for the recruits to develop a mindset that everything done is essentially important.

Petinglay added that during the training, candidate soldiers are expected to undergo dramatic and abrupt change of their personal lifestyles to acculturation into the military routine.

The trainees are expected to graduate after more than five (5) months of training and will be incorporated to the regular members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), specifically with the 6ID with the rank of Private, Petinglay disclosed.