Thursday, June 16, 2016

Mindanao Army division accepts 314 new soldier-trainees

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 16): Mindanao Army division accepts 314 new soldier-trainees

More than 300 candidate soldiers will undergo rigid military training in the country's best Philippine Army training school after they took their oath before Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, commander of the 6th Infantry "Kampilan" Division.

The 314 recruits were among the more than 1,000 aspirants who underwent written, physical and mental examination before they were chosen to undergo formal military training at the 6th ID Division Training School (6thDTS) in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

In a statement, the 6th ID public affairs unit said the applicants went through rigid screening and a series of examinations to ensure that the recruitment process is strictly followed and the most competent and the toughest candidates are recruited before they were qualified to join the military training.

After their oath, the candidate soldiers will undergo more than 20-week series of rigid military training. The group is composed of 290 males and 24 females from the provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao and from other parts of Mindanao.

Of the 24 females candidates, 14 were quota from 1st Infantry Division. Officials of the 1st ID have chosen the 6th ID training school because 6thDTS is the best division training school in the whole Philippine Army.

The training will be done in two phases. The first part is the Basic Soldiery Training and the second phase is the Jungle Warfare and Mountain Operations Course.

The candidate soldiers will go through an abrupt change on their personal lifestyle particularly the acculturation into the military routine from their civilian antics.

“We want the candidate soldiers not to bleed in the battle, we want them to live and be able to go back to their family, to retire and enjoy the good life after,” Pangilinan said.

The 6th ID chief is very optimistic that the 314 aspirants will be honed to become disciplined, well-trained and strong soldiers that will contribute mainly in the peace initiatives of the Kampilan division, the Philippine Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines as a whole.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=895871

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