A new set of recruits was officially sent today for a
20-week training to the 6th Division
Training School
The group is composed of 150 candidate soldiers coming from
the different municipalities in the provinces of Mindanao
who have undergone the complete screening and pre-entry process since early of
this year, Army Capt. Joan Petinglay said.
Petinglay, speaking for the 6th ID, said the training will
be in two phases, the Basic Military training which will run for 13 weeks and
the Jungle Warfare Mountain Operations Course that will be expected to last for
seven weeks.
Parents, family members and loved ones of the recruits
flocked to the grounds of 6th ID in order to wish their candidate soldier well
and to witness the oath-taking ceremony.
Major General Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID chief, said wanted
the training to be purposive and relevant because what will be taught during
the duration are the same lessons that will keep the would-be soldiers survive
their military careers.
He also reminded the trainers to make sure to inculcate
discipline and respect for authority, to ensure adherence to uncompromising
standards and for the recruits to develop a mind-set that everything done is
essentially important.
During the training, candidate soldiers are expected to
undergo dramatic and abrupt change of their personal lifestyles to
acculturation into the military routine.
The trainees are expected to graduate after more than five
months of training and will be incorporated to the regular members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines
Pangilinan stressed that the recruits were screened
properly. "This is voluntary, there was no favoritism in the recruitment
process," Pangilinan said.
"You don't need to pay your way into the military
training, this is purely voluntary and in the spirit of service to the
people," he added.
After the send off ceremonies, the candidate soldiers walked
as one group from 6th ID compound in Barangay Awang to Barangay Semba, where
the Division Training Center is located, about five kilometers away.
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