The ceremony on the occasion of the promotion of the youngest officers of the Serbian Army began at 10 a.m. in the “General Jovan Mišković” barracks in Banjica, attended by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
The ceremony began with the reception of President Vučić, to whom the rector of the University of Defense, Boban Đorović, submitted a report.
The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Assembly Ana Brnabić, Minister of Defense Bratislav Gašić, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army Milan Mojsilović, as well as ministers Andrijana Mesarović, Dejan Vuk Stanković, Nemanja Starović, Zoran Gajić.
Today, 186 cadets were promoted to the first officer ranks of the Serbian Army, of which 166 cadets from the 145th and 146th classes of the Military Academy and 20 cadets from the 11th class of the Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy.
President Vučić presented the best cadets with dedicated sabers, and this year they are cadets Mitar Simović, first in rank in the Ground Army, Lazar Todorović, first in rank in the Air Force and Air Defense, Mina Ćorović, first in rank in the services and Marija Aleksić, the best cadet of the Faculty of Medicine of the VMA.
President Vučić’s address
-Today, you, wonderful young people, when you become officers of the Serbian Army, you begin the bravest job in the world, which preserves our freedom and which is the protector of our lives. True strength lies precisely in the courage that deters, the wisdom that prevents. This is the most sacred duty you have. A big thank you to your mothers, fathers, to those who gave this country the most, their children, who must protect and defend their Serbia. We live in a world where no one cares about anyone and everyone is just looking for how to get new territory. In such a world, we must preserve and defend our Serbia. We are too small to be able and to dare to threaten anyone, but we are brave and strong enough, we have you, to be able to tell everyone that we will not give up our Serbia. Every day you will have to work and learn a lot more. Thank you for all the love, dedication, for everything you give to Serbia. Let us help you have higher incomes, the best equipment…
-We will celebrate only our unity, but we will also show how much better equipped we are today to save our homeland than we were 26 years ago. Nobody can take away your knowledge! Long live the Serbian Army, long live Serbia – the president said.
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Source: Politika, Photo: Instagram/buducnostsrbijeav