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202 soldier trainees join Initial Military Training

As gates of the Training and Mobilisation Manning Base Martin opened for the fifth time this year, 202 soldier trainees of Preparatory State Service and officer entrants to the Professionally Qualified cadres began their SVK Army Phase 1 Initial Military Training. They will make 4th Czechoslovak Brigade Barracks in Martin their home for the next 7 weeks. Among the trainees are 29 women.

Col Miroslav Fázik, Base Commander, said: “Measures have been taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the training and the soldier trainees will be inside the training base and facilities over the entire duration of the training programme in order to minimise transmission of the virus.”

Having been in-processed and issued with uniforms and equipment, the newcomers were assigned to training platoons and began their training in line with the basic military training programme. They will undergo training with a focus on essential soldiering skills and apply them gradually on Martin Garrison’s training ground at Sučany and on the Base’s training ground in Martin.