CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela -- At least 69 new soldiers who have undergone military rigid trainings will now be officially joining the Armed Forces of the
The new soldiers are sons and daughters of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) members who are beneficiaries of the government integration program with the former rebels.
Twelve of the new soldiers are female, one of whom topped all the soldiers in her batch.
Private First Class Rochelle Tawagon topped her fellow soldiers in the six-month training that was conducted by the training staff of the 5th Infantry Division.
Tawagon said she is proud of now being part of the military organization and vowed to use the training she learned in the army camp.
Ifugao Governor Denis Habawel, guest speaker during the graduation exercises, expressed his elation for the effort of the government in pushing for lasting peace through the integration program.
Habawel also acknowledged the leaders of the Cordillera Forum for Peace and Development (CFPD) for its effort in maintaining peace in the Cordillera region and pursuing integration to the military of the sons and daughters of CPLAs.
He saluted the new soldiers and advised them to be good soldiers and adhere yo the discipline they have learned inside the camp.
The graduation ceremony was held Wednesday inside the Army camp and attended by the relatives and friends of the new soldiers and witnessed by military officials in the army division.
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