02.09.2011.
The second generation of soldiers began voluntary military service
In Leskovac barracks "Voivode Peter Bojovi?", 200 soldiers arrived to do their voluntary military service and 90 cadets of 136th Military Academy class and 3rd MMA class to execute basic individual training. The process of training in the Third Training Centre will take 45 days and after that the cadets will continue their studies at the MA and MMA, while the soldiers, depending on their specialty, will be referred to the centres for specialized training. Infantry specialty soldiers will remain, after month and a half, in Leskovac, in order to master the contents of the infantry specialist training.
Arrival of troops to voluntary military service in Leskovac barracks was marked by common activities such as receiving, hair-cutting, bathing, dressing, receiving quartermaster equipment, basic medical examination and placement in the unit. During the three-day period of adjustment, they will learn about the barracks, receive personal weapons, have insight into weapons and equipment of the Third Training Centre, set up military collectives and start intensive training.
As part of the training, the soldiers on voluntary military service will have physical training, morale and specialty training such as in using small arms, drill or Rules of Service of the Serbian Armed Forces.
"We have taken all the necessary measures – said the Commander of the Third Training Centre Colonel Mijodrag Djurovic – for the organized reception and implementation of training with the cadets and soldiers on voluntary military service. Particular attention was paid to the individual and collective preparation of direct training providers, in order to ensure that cadets and soldiers learn military skills, actions and procedures as better as possible within the stipulated period of time."
The response of soldiers to voluntarily military service is hundred percent, which speaks enough about their motivation for being trained in the military. Vladica Korelovic from Zajecar joined voluntary military service under the influence of his parents, but first impressions tell him that this will be a positive experience and that he will learn many new things. On the other hand, the military occupation for Bogdan Mijuskovic from Krusevac is attractive, adventurous and interesting, although his main motivation is to serve his country. Marko Milutinovic and Sladjan Ignjatovic are neighbours in Dzep near Vladicin Han, and together they embarked on voluntary military service with the basic desire to later enter the ranks of the Serbian Armed Forces as professional soldiers. "I love the military profession, military makes a man, and in our area it is important to go to military service just as it is important to get married - Sladjan pointed out. Ivana Milosavljevic from Vladicin Han have liked military ever since she was a little girl and now she had a chance to realize her long-lasting desire, and Natalija Nikolic, from Svodje near Vlasotince, wants a new experience and for the first time in her life try rifle shooting. The First Training Centre in Sombor and the Second Training Centre in Valjevo also received soldiers on the voluntary military service.
In front of the barracks "Voivode Zivojin Misic" in Valjevo there was crowdy from early morning, with music, greetings, kisses and the occasional tear for the parting of soldiers with their loved ones. The first soldier's day passed in receiving equipment, accommodation and introducing of soldiers to the work schedule. Dejan Djukic from Vladimirci, Milan Simsic from Priboj and Bojana Stanojcic, a girl from Uzice, were among the first who borrowed uniforms. The three of them, like most of their colleagues, say that the biggest motivation for coming to the Serbian Armed Forces is love of the military calling and desire that after completing their military service they got employment as professional soldiers.
The same picture was also in Sombor. Most soldiers in the Sombor barracks "Airport" considers coming to the Serbian Armed Forces the initial step on the road to professional soldiers.
