JAMINDAN, Capiz (DWDD) – February13 was a big day for the 481 graduates of the Candidate Soldier (CS) Course of the 3rd Infantry “Spearhead” Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army.
On the said date, the 3ID conferred certificates of graduation to the 193 members of CS Class 505-2017, 146 from Class 492-2017; and 142 from Class 491-2017 in a ceremony held at the 3ID Grandstand in Bgy. Jaena Norte here.
According to Brig. Gen. Dinoh Dolina, 3ID commander, 193 of these new graduates will be deployed to the engineering units in Western Visayas and Central Visayas; while the rest will replace retiring soldiers in the different battalions of 3ID.
Prior to graduation, the graduates have already been assigned to their respective units, he added.
Dolina said this forms part of the recruitment effort of the 3ID, as per the government’s response to the pronouncement of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison that they will kill soldiers every day.
To keep the soldiers safe, there are procedures that soldiers are being asked to follow and there are precautionary measures regarding Sison’s threat, according to Dolina.
“Kapag nagsasabi ang CPP-NPA ng isang bagay, gagawin nila. There are many instances in the past na namamalengke lang ang sundalo, pinapatay nila. Ang masaklap pa roon, kasama pa ang pamilya,” Dolina said.
Recruitment is on-going. Another 500 soldiers are needed to fill a new battalion in 3ID and to replace soldiers who retired, Dolina said.
Besides soldiers recruitment, the government also expanded its Comprehensive Local Integration Program encouraging rebels to surrender.
“We want to avoid shedding blood. We will embrace them if they want to return to the fold of law,” he said. 3DPAO / MCAG
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