CATBALOGAN
CITY, March 29 (PNA) -- The Philippine Army 8th Infantry Division (8th ID) has
welcomed 172 new soldiers who just completed the training on Monday.
Maj. Gen.
Jet B. Velarmino, 8th ID commander spearheaded the closing ceremony of the
Philippine Army Candidate Soldier Course Class 395-15 and symbolic entrustment
of firearms at the 8th ID grandstand.
Velarmino
also led the distribution of certificates, awarding of individual achievements
and distribution of rosaries.
The top
three candidate soldiers are Virgil Magabo with a grade of 93.75 percent,
Laurence Paul Caras attaining 91.7 percent grade, and Jayson Castillo having
91.7 percent grade. Castillo received the Bernardo Carpio Award for topping the
non-academic subjects.
The new
soldiers had made exemplary performance on the six months of rigorous training
conducted by the 8th ID training school at the 801st Infantry Brigade stationed
in Bagacay village in Hinabangan, Samar.
Velarmino is
proud of the newly enlisted privates for hurdling the Basic Military Training
and further challenges them to live up with the highest standards of
competency, discipline and core values of the Philippine Army.
“As a
professional and a transformed soldier, together let us all uphold and protect
our citizens right with respect to human dignity and diversity, ready to serve
our country and people,” Velarmino added. (PNA)
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