To improve the combat skills of officers and men of the 6th
Infantry "Kampilan" Division, Maj. Gen. Emundo Pangilinan, 6th ID
chief, on Tuesday opened the Army Soldiers' Combat Skills Enhancement Trainers'
Training (ASCSETT).
Eleven officers and 22 enlisted men from nine Infantry
Division, the Mechanized Infantry Division Army Reserved Command (Arescom)
participated in the course which includes Warfighting Competency Training, a
compilation of innovations conceptualized by 6th ID for the Kampilan troops.
Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson,
said the ASCSETT is intended to produce trainers who will also soon re-echo
what they have learned to their own soldiers in their respective units come 3rd
quarter of the year where the implementation of the Combat Skills Enhancement
Training (WCT) of higher headquarters is expected to be in full throttle.
Leading the opening program was Col. Bernie Langub,
commander of the 6th Division
Training School
He welcomed the participants and said in his speech that 6th
ID was lucky to be chosen by the Philippine Army to host and lead the ASCSETT.
He also gave a brief background how WCT started in 6th ID
and how it had been changing the way soldiers react and address the
battlefield.
Maj. Gen. Pangilinan, in his speech, said that 6th ID gives
full priority to training that is why soldiers are ensured to undergo quality
time with the Division Training School in order to equip them not only with the
traditional military skills and knowledge but also with innovations that will
keep the alive and well when they are sent to battle field.
"In 6th ID, we do not only train our soldiers in order
for them to fight in war, but we train them in order to ensure that they go
home safe and unscathed," Pangilinan said.
Also present during the opening is the assistant division
commander, Brigadier Arnel B Dela Vega, and the members of the General,
Technical and Personnal Staff of the division.
Petinglay said the training is set to finish after ten days
and will start with the first activity the following day. The group is just the
first batch of trainers and another batch is set to be trained by mid-April
this year.
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