{"id":22175,"date":"2023-03-10T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=22175"},"modified":"2023-03-10T14:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:37:54","slug":"president-milanovic-at-oath-taking-ceremony-of-soldiers-in-pozega-you-are-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-oath-taking-ceremony-of-soldiers-in-pozega-you-are-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 at oath-taking ceremony of soldiers in Po\u017eega: You are standing on the shoulders of giants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe oath you have taken today is your choice, an excellent and honourable one\u201d, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 told members of the 37th<\/sup> generation of soldiers enrolled in voluntary military training who took an oath in the barracks of the \u201c123rd<\/sup> Croatian Army Brigade\u201d in Po\u017eega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noting that this oath is one of the Croatian Army\u2019s fundamental rites, President Milanovi\u0107 underlined that it is very short and clear. \u201cIt mentions the Croatian Constitution, the Croatian constitutional order, the democratic order that you are obliged to serve and protect, short and clear. Everything starts and ends there\u201d, the President stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are standing on the shoulders of giants, your predecessors, who were among the few who had a baptism of fire in Europe in the past fifty years \u2013 they waged a real war \u2013 and are always in the memory and identity of a small, but for us the only and most important nation \u2013 the Croatian nation and the Croatian people\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 91 soldiers enrolled in voluntary military training including 75 men and 16 women took an oath today. President Milanovi\u0107 congratulated them, and said he believes many of them will choose the military profession after their training. \u201cThe military profession is neither simple nor easy. It is specific, difficult and is not for everyone\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted in concluding his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his statement to journalists, President Milanovi\u0107 added that the army must attract people and give them reasons to choose the military profession. \u201cConditions have improved somewhat, the Ministry approved slightly higher wages, which should have been done before, but it\u2019s never late. People must be attracted to the military profession and be given reasons to choose it because patriotism is important, it\u2019s a fundamental condition, but it\u2019s not enough\u201d, the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the oath-taking ceremony of the 37th<\/sup> generation of soldiers enrolled in voluntary military training were the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Admiral Robert Hranj, the Deputy Commander of the GS of the CAF Major General Tihomir Kundid, Head of Personnel the GS of the CAF Brigadier General Ivan Zeli\u0107, the Commander of the \u201cFran Krsto Frankopan\u201c Training and Doctrine Command of the Croatian Army Brigadier General \u017deljko Ljubas, the Commander of the Infantry and Armour Training Centre Colonel Milan \u010corak, the Commander of the \u201c123rd<\/sup>  Croatian Army Brigade barracks\u201c Po\u017eega Colonel Mile Valenti\u0107, and the Commander of the NCO School of the Croatian Defence Academy Colonel Ivica Pejakovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accompanying the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces was the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Defense Ivica Oluji\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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