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
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