PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur (Sug.20, 2018) – Two hundred eighty seven new
Candidate Soldiers and four Privates took oath as military recruits composing
the Candidate Soldier Course Classes 567-18 and 568-18 at the Headquarters of 1st
Infantry (Tabak) Division, Philippine Army here this morning, August 20,
Division Public Affairs Officer Maj. Ronal E.Suscano disclosed.
Maj.
Suscano said.the Opening Ceremony of the Candidate Soldiers was formally graced
by BGen Jacinto R Bareng AFP, Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 1st
Infantry (Tabak) Division as the Guest Speaker.
The
291 Army aspirants is composed of 264 males and 27 females which comprised the
second batch of this year’s candidate soldiers program of the Army. One of them is a female Maranao from Butig, Lanao
del Sur. They will undergo rigid training in the next 14 weeks at the Division
Training School (DTS), Suscano said.
Suscano
added that the chosen candidates are considered to be the most competent ones
among over 1,000 applicants after they passed the Armed Forces of the
Philippines Service Aptitude Test (AFPSAT), physical fitness test (PFT), and
physical/medical examination.
The
candidate soldier’s training were broken down into three modules namely: The
“Transformation”, “Basic Squad Training”, and “Application of Knowledge,” all
aimed at molding them to become well-disciplined, competent, and capable
soldiers to fill in the ranks of the Army, Suscano also said.
“The
candidate soldiers’ training is indeed tedious as they will initially
experience an abrupt change from being a civilian to adapting the military
lifestyle,” BGen Bareng said.
“I
am reminding the personnel of DTS to instill discipline and respect to the
recruits, share all their knowledge, skills, and professionalism and to
guarantee that they will develop a mindset of survival in the profession of
arms,” he added.
BGen
Bareng in his speech, encouraged the new Army recruits to do their best and
efforts to survive in the four months rigid training as it will also test
their mental, physical and spiritual capabilities if they are really fit to be
a soldier.
“I
want to express my gratitude to the parents, friends and relatives of these
trainees who are present today to witness this ceremony and for giving your
full support to them to enter this organization and serve,” BGen Bareng added.
The
recruitment is an annual program of the Philippine Army to fill-up the
vacancies left by the retirees and those separated from the military service.
(By
JONG CADION)
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