Government working to train outstanding youth

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended and delivered an address at the ceremony to honour marine and aviation youth held at Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.

The Senior General said countries were training the youth to help them overcome challenges. The government is working to ensure it can train outstanding youth who can display the national spirit and a strong sense of national duty. Efforts are being made to instil in the youth the importance of developing a human society with strong national unity and ensure constant human resource development to defend the country, he said.

The Senior General presented gifts to the trainees from the marine and aviation training courses and received the gifts presented by the youth. Later, Ma Khin Sabei Aung from the marine youth training course and Ma Pyae Pyae Phyo from the aviation youth training course gave speeches thanking the Senior General.

Before attending the honouring ceremony, youth from the marine and aviation training courses viewed the weapons produced by the Myanmar military, the uniforms of Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air), communication devices, scale model of vessels made by the Tatmadaw (Navy), naval gear, scale models of planes and helicopters, pilot suits and gear, and the display of flight flying with the simulator. Officials conducted them around the booths.

In the evening, the youth trainees enjoyed a display of shows put up by the Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air Force) at the Defence Services Museum in Nay Pyi Taw.

The Basic Marine Youth Training and Advanced Training Course No.1/2018 and Basic Aviation Youth Training and Advanced Training Course No.1/2018 were held at the naval headquarters and airbases, respectively, from 23 April to 18 May, 2018. In the last week of training, the camps held competitions and conducted study tours.

The training courses are being conducted since 2014. In 2015, the advanced courses were opened for those who have attended the basic courses. Since its inception, the courses have trained some 1,970 youth, including 1,444 in the basic marine training course and 526 in the advanced course, and 2,196 youth, including 2,036 in the basic aviation training course and 160 in the advanced course.—Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar