New soldiers of the Armed Forces take the oath

: Published: Saturday, 01 April 2017 15:02

The oath ceremony of the recruits, who just finished the Course of Individual Training, took place in the premises of the Troop School in Bunavi. At the same time, the soldiers who finished the Course of the Advanced Individual Training were certified.

Minister of Defense Mrs. Kodheli, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Dede Prenga, Training and Doctrines Command Commander, Brigadier General Manushaqe Shehu , force commanders, directors, and family members and relatives of recruits were present at the ceremony.

In her address Defense Minister Mrs. Kodheli, said that it was a very special pleasure to be present at the ceremony and spoke about transparency and meritocracy in the process. "Three months ago, thanks to your results and meritocracy you were selected as successful candidates to join the Armed Forces. Nowadays in this process you cannot face cases when people at the end of the list come first and become part of the Armed Forces only just to get the salary. That time is over and now each of us and each of you receives what they deserve to become dignified members of the Armed Forces, "- said Mrs. Kodheli, who also mentioned the challenges that new soldiers will face. "It's obvious that you're already transformed by devoted citizens into capable military, with strong character, who know how to get oriented in challenging military environment, which really has its problems, needs sacrifices, and devotion, but also revolves around the well-defined mission and tasks. You are now certified not only as soldiers of the Armed Forces, but at the same time as soldiers of the most powerful military Alliance of the globe, that of NATO. In the future, a good part of you will have the opportunity to serve in its commitments and operations."

Minister Kodheli was also pleased with gender selection where five girls and 182 boys successfully finished the Individual Basic Training and 6 girls and 128 boys in finished the Advanced Individual Training. She also mentioned the newly certified candidates as NCO-s. "At the same time, the variety and quality of the group increases by the presence of seven cadets, of whom five girls, now certified as candidates for officers," said Minister of Defense.

At the end of her speech, Mrs. Kodheli once more mentioned the work and dedication of the staff and all the manpower not only for training but also for the improvement of working, training, living and entertainment conditions, sports and training facilities, and assured them that they will continuously have her personal support or the support of Ministry of Defense will be discontinued not only for this structure, but for the entire Armed Forces. "Alongside with the modernization of the Armed Forces, intensification of training, equipping with new technique and weapons, support policies of the Government and the Ministry of Defense for motivation, support and care of military personnel and their families once again testify that what we have done is the right thing. Wage increase according to rank and functions, is another novelty which form this moment will affect the pockets of everyone in the Armed Forces. This is the reason why nowadays we witness an increase of applications to become members of our Armed Forces not only as a number but also as quality, "- concluded Mrs. Kodheli.

Troop School Commander, Colonel Ilir Dauti, dedicated the ceremony to new lining soldiers, who as he said "for 11 weeks of training in Bunavi demonstrated zeal, sacrifice, patience and motivation, cooperation and dedication to achieve the program objectives of Basic and Advanced training ".

Since its establishment in 2003 Bunavi School, has trained and certified 20 thousand soldiers, cadets, NCO-s and officers of the Armed Forces through the Basic and Advanced Training programs.