8ID welcomes 172 candidate soldiers

By DPAO, 8ID PA
October 3, 2015

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan City – The 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army welcomes the 172 new recruits in an Opening Ceremony of the Philippine Army Candidate Soldier Course Class 395 - 2015 at Headquarters, 8th Infantry Division Grandstand on October 2, 2015.

Major General Jet B. Velarmino AFP, Commander 8ID graced the opening ceremony as the Guest of Honor and Speaker to motivate the recruits on the true meaning of service.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Bernaldo Perez Command’s Personnel Officer said that the 172 new candidate soldiers who took their oath are aging from 18 to 26 years of age earning P11, 265 a month, 10 percent of them are college graduate with highest educational attainment on Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Criminology, one of them is registered nurse, 25 percent are college level with highest educational attainment of Bachelor of Industrial Technology and 63 percent of them are high school graduate with TESDA skills needed by the AFP. Seven candidate soldiers recruited from Luzon, 28 members from Mindanao and 137 members from Visayas particularly in Northern Samar, Western Samar and Eastern Samar.

In a statement made by Major General Velarmino, the new breed of soldiers will be molded and be trained into determined and disciplined soldier that will secure the people of Region 8 against the people who vehemently destroy and violate human’s rights.