DEAR GENERALS, OFFICERS, ENSIGNS, SERGEANT, SOLDIERS, SPECIAL CIVIL SERVERS, RA AF WORKMEN AND EMPLOYEES
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Dear generals, officers, ensigns, sergeant, soldiers, special civil
servers, RA AF workmen and employees, I cordially congratulate you on
the 18th anniversary of the creation of the Armenian Army. The 28th
of January is one of the most significant days in our country. Being
a birthday for our army it is a holiday for all Armenians.
Here I can’s help remembering the mood people had in Soviet times on
the 23rd of February. That day had grown to be men’s day. Today one can
fact that 28th of January is such a day in the Republic of Armenia –
a celebration of the nation’s strength, power and dignity. The Armenian
Army was born in the battlefield, became forged in battle activities
and has overcome that severe challenge with honor, restoring the
truth that our people are able to consolidate its strengths and
achieve victory even with heavy losses.
Not at all overlooking the role of separate voluntary detachments
I find it worth mentioning that parallel to the development of our
state we owe the regular detachments for our final triumph in the
freedom fight of Artsakh – detachments, which were formed in the heat
of the war.
In the past 18 years our army has grown and became powerful. It has
become a firm stronghold of the creative work of our nation and a
reliable guarantee of peace. By systematically visiting detachments
I myself watch over the processes that go on there, the work that is
being done, the living conditions of the staff, the moral-psychological
atmosphere and of course the realization of the battle readiness
program. Indeed, the progress and developments are obvious in the
professional development of the staff, I in reequipping and actualizing
the armaments and military equipment and in the sphere of effectively
organizing the process of fighting capacities.
However, we don’t have the right to be content with what we have
achieved. The official system has to be in tune with the demands of
the time and the new standards. It requires a constant and continuous
development.
Today reforms in the AF continue. A new 2010-2015 phase of reforms
is planned, and its step by step realization will make our army more
efficient and perfect both physically and morally. So, we all are to
face a consistent and persistent work.
Although today is a celebration but we ought never to neglect the
shortcomings in our army. Addressing my words to the commander
personnel of the RA Army, to all the officers in general, as a
co-server I want to ask, and as the Chief of the RA AF GS – to demand
that they be model, never tolerate negative phenomena in the army,
spare no efforts to educate your inferiors with the spirit of valour
and unlimited devotion to the motherland.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
