{"id":19879,"date":"2022-11-04T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=19879"},"modified":"2022-11-07T11:40:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:40:00","slug":"president-milanovic-presents-first-officers-ranks-to-croatian-army-cadets-and-tells-them-your-first-task-is-to-defend-croatia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-presents-first-officers-ranks-to-croatian-army-cadets-and-tells-them-your-first-task-is-to-defend-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 presents first officer\u2019s ranks to Croatian Army cadets and tells them: Your first task is to defend Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 conferred today first officer\u2019s ranks on 15th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup> generation cadets of the Dr. Franjo Tu\u0111man Croatian Defence Academy who graduated in the fall session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething big is happening here today. You have become officers of the Croatian Army, the only army in Europe that in the last thirty years had the misfortune, yet the honourable task to conduct a war\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 told the cadets at a ceremony held in the Croatian Defence Academy, adding that along with the Croatian Army, only the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) had to fight a war, and today the Ukrainian Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 talked about the Homeland War and the fact that Croatia had then been under embargo and had no weapons. \u201cEvery operation had to be carried out at lightning speed, and this called for not just courage but organizational skills as well. That\u2019s where you come in.  That is your legacy and be proud of it, but do not be haughty. Be proud like someone who knows what it means, who you are, where you come from, who preceded you and what you have to protect\u201d, the President noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour task, as long as you will perform this honourable, responsible and dangerous calling, is the defence of Croatia and its territory, its constitutional order, its borders and citizens. And that is your first task, all others are secondary. NATO in any case, but first of all the defence of Croatia. That\u2019s something that was hard fought, with great difficulty, bravely and organized in a brilliant way\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated, adding that today is a different time when Croatia is a safe country. \u201cCroatia\u2019s geography was never more positive than it is now. The real dangers that threaten us currently are either insignificant or none at all, but that can change tomorrow\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to live in peace, steadily, actively, work on ourselves the whole time and learn from day to day. Learning does not stop once you leave this institution. I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart! We have great but reasonable expectations from you\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 said in concluding his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In accordance with his constitutional and legal powers, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 has reached the Decision to confer Croatian Armed Forces\u2019 first officer\u2019s ranks on 9 cadets of the 15th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup> generations having successfully defended their undergraduate and graduate final papers of the University Study Programmes of Military Engineering, Military Leadership and Management in the Fall Session. They are the following: Filip Kuna, Dino Zelenika, Ana Gunja\u010da, Marin Mili\u010devi\u0107, Ivan Poljak, Patrik Renka, Tomo Luketi\u0107, Tereza Hr\u017ean, Marko Jurki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attending the ceremony alongside the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces were the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Admiral Robert Hranj and the Deputy Commander of the Croatian Defence Academy Brigadier General Bla\u017e Beretin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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