Testing of the young soldiers of the Armed Forces

: Published: Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:26

The Armed Forces will employ 250 new professional soldiers. Tests are being held these days in the premises of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). In the race to become professional soldiers there are 500 young registered people, who will be tested in three phases, the physical, intellectual and psychological one. In order to be accepted in the Armed Forces, tests are generally focused on general knowledge, motivation, accountability, thinking and acting ability, behavior and concentration during conversation, physical ability, etc.

Defence Minister Mrs. Mimi Kodheli made an inspection of the testing process of the candidates for professional soldiers conducted by the Personnel Recruitment Centre (PRC) of the Armed Forces. Minister Kodheli was welcomed by PRC Commander, LTC Leonard Çoku. Minister Kodheli met the participants in the testing process and commanded that this process should continue with high responsibility and demand, so that our Armed Forces might recruit boys and girls not only that want to be part of this structure, which is the honor of Albania and Albanians, but also to meet all the obligatory requirements and standards. “The mission for everybody who wants to join the Armed Forces is more than noble, it is constitutional, but it is also molded with a very high moral. And you have to be absolutely the best, as actually the Armed Forces of Republic of Albania are”, said Mrs. Kodheli.

Today is the third day PRC has initiated the process of testing of the candidates for professional soldiers of the Land Force. In the following days, the candidates, who will serve in the Navy and Air Force, will be tested. 50 candidates are tested every day in the discipline of physical preparation undergoing rigorous tests of speed and strength. Around 500 candidates, including many females, will undergo this testing. The candidates come from many regions of the country and according to the defined criteria, all are aged between 18 to 27 years old, and secondary education is obligatory for each of them.