PAGADIAN CITY – A total of 143 army recruits finished their rigid training in various fields conducted by the 1st Infantry Division in Labangan town in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
Officials said the new soldiers underwent training on Jungle Warfare and Mountain Operations Course as part of the Candidate Soldiers Course.
The soldiers, whose ages ranged from 21 to 26, came from different provinces in Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao and Misamis Occidental, and have passed the rigid and meticulous screening and processing standard set by the Philippine Army.
Capt. Franco Suelto, an army spokesman, said the soldiers – now enlisted as Privates – would be deployed to different units of the 1st Infantry Division to help maintain peace and security in western Mindanao.
The enlisted men belong to the “Matalim” (Mandirigmang Tagapagligtas na Laging Iniisip ang Kapakanan ng Mamamayan) Class 348 – 2014.
Suelto said Private Rogen Peregrino, a vocational IT graduate from the town of Mahayag in Zamboanga del Sur and son of a hollow blocks maker and a housewife, received an award from the 1st Infantry Division Award for graduating Number 1.
Brigadier General Gerardo Barrientos, Jr., commander of the 1st Infantry Division welcomed the new soldiers and congratulated the 1st Division Training School (1DTS) which is responsible for the training of the soldiers.
“Isang malaking responsibilidad ang kabalikat ng inyong pagtatapos ng training na ito. Mahalaga ang inyong katungkulan at ang pagsapi nyo sa organisasyon AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) ay isang opportunity para magserbisyo sa ating bansa. Malaki ang inyong mai-aambag sa pag-accomplish ng misyon ng AFP sa kapayapaan at kaunlaran.”
“Naniniwala ako na sapat ang pagsasanay sa inyo ng 1DTS upang gampanan ang inyong tungkulin. Lagi lamang ninyong alalahanin ang slogan ng ating AFP Chief of Staff (General Gregorio Pio Catapang, Jr.) na ang – Kawal ay Disiplinado, Bawal Abusado, Dapat Asintado – at ang Army Core Values ayon sa Army Transformation Roadmap na honor, duty and professionalism upang lalo nating mapaigting ang ating serbisyo sa mga tao,” Barrientos said. (Mindanao Examiner)
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