NEW SOLDIERS. A total of 283 new soldiers graduated from a 10-month training at the 1st Division Training School in Upper Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on Friday (May 10, 2019). They will be assigned to different units of the Army's 1st Infantry Division in Western Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Army's 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office)
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- New soldiers, who will be assigned to the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, have been challenged “to walk according to the living ideals of soldiery”.
Brig. Gen. Roberto Ancan, Army’s 1st Infantry Division commander, issued the challenge Friday as keynote speaker of the closing ceremony of the Candidate Soldier Course (CSC) Classes 567 and 568-2018 at the division headquarters in Camp Sang-an, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.
A total of 283 soldiers comprised the graduating batch, of whom 259 are males and 24 are females.
“Your journey has just begun. Always uphold the virtues of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and serve with pride and honor, and do not forget to seek help and guidance from our God Almighty,” Ancan told the graduates.
The new soldiers successfully completed 10 months of rigid training that is cross-trained with Jungle Warfare Mountain Operation Course (JWMOC) conducted at the 1st Division Training School in Upper Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.
The training provided them the basic knowledge and skills of soldiery, and developed their character that made them strong and lethal warrior-members of the AFP.
Ancan also thanked the family, especially the parents of the graduates, for entrusting their sons and daughters to the armed forces to become part of the noble profession of arms. He also reminded them that military career is a life of service and danger, but nonetheless a patriotic life that one could be proud of.
The new graduates will be deployed to the different field units under the administrative control of the Army’s 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division to further strengthen the fight against violence and terrorism and sustain the peace and development initiatives in Western Mindanao. (PNA)
