Around 300 candidate soldiers formally took their oath as military recruits before ranking officials of the Camarines Sur-based 9th Infantry Division Monday.
These recruits come from two batches of Candidate Soldiers Course Classes 367 and 368 cross-trained with Jungle Warfare Mountain Operation Course at the Headquarters of 9th Infantry, Camp Elias Angeles, Pili town, Camarines Surr.
Capt. Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson, said the recruitment process took five months.
She added that the recruits initially numbered a 1,000 candidates.
Panesa stressed that these individuals were made to undergo registration and initial validation of supporting papers; trade test, screening interview, physical fitness test (PFT), initial deliberation board interview, final PFT, hepatitis test and drug test, neuro psychological screening, medical and dental examinations, background investigation, final deliberation board and HPA validation.
However, only 300 competitive applicants were accommodated and selected to beef up the training quota, following the 9th Infantry Division’s goal to select the “best and the smartest” among them.
Forty-four percent of the recruits are from Camarines Sur, 6.9 percent from Camarines Norte, 21.3 percent from Albay, 5.96 percent from Sorsogon, one percent Catanduanes, 2.8 percent from Masbate, and 17.86 percent outside Bicol.
Ninth Infantry Division assistant commander Brig. Gen. Felix Castro encouraged the new Army recruits to do their best and efforts to survive in the six months rigid training, and once they become regular soldiers, they have to stay and never quit as it is very hard to enter in active military service.
He added that the 9th Infantry Division has recorded excellence in accomplishments both in security and services especially in disaster response operations.
Personnel from the 9th Infantry Division were the first to respond during the rescue and retrieval operations where foreign and local tourists were trapped in the phreatic explosion of Mayon Volcano in Albay last year.
"The (9th Infantry Division troopers) were also the first military responders from outside Region 6 to conduct search and retrieval operations and humanitarian missions during the onslaught of super typhoon 'Yolanda' in Eastern Visayas, especially in
The recruitment is part of the national government’s plan to enlist additional 19,000 uniformed personnel for the Philippine Army.
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