06.09.2016.
Towards the promotion of the youngest Serbian Armed Forces officers
The commissioning ceremony of lieutenants in front of the National Assembly building is to be held this year for the eleventh time.
A number of 158 male and female cadets of the Military Academy and 26 of the 2nd class of the MMA Faculty of Medicine will be promoted to the first officer's rank. One cadet from Angola will also be promoted this year to the rank of second lieutenant.
According to the protocol of the ceremony, it has been planned that the best in the rank are presented with sabres, while the most successful cadets of the Army and the Air Force and Air Defence will be presented pistols with inscription. The best cadets of the MMA Faculty of Medicine will be presented with parade daggers.
Besides the ceremonial parade, the ceremony programme includes sorties of the Serbian Armed Forces aircraft, and the ceremony will be added solemnity by musical programme performed by the Stanislav Binicki Art Ensemble of the MoD and the Representative Orchestra of the Guard.
Preparations for the commissioning ceremony of the youngest lieutenants are well underway at the Military Academy, where the cadets and future lieutenants are rehearsing for a parade and ceremony protocol.
The best cadets of the Military Academy Class 137:
The first ranked: Lazar Stojnic, GPA 9.73; Military Engineering study programme, Fighting Vehicles module. Born in 1993, in Belgrade.
The second ranked: Jelena Nikolic, GPA 9.60; Defence Logistics study programme, Finance module. Born in 1993, in Belgrade.
The third ranked: Emilija Pesic, GPA 9.58; Management in Defence study programme, Infantry module. Born in 1992, in Leskovac.
The first ranked by service branches:
In the Army, Stefan Radonjic, GPA 9.47; Management in Defence study programme, Infantry module. Born in 1991 in Leskovac.
In the Air Force and Air Defence, Aleksandar Stevanovic, GPA 9.23; Aviation study programme, airplane pilot. Born in 1992, in Krusevac.
The best ones at the MMA Faculty of Medicine:
1. Nemanja Jacimovic, GPA 10. Born in 1990, in Belgrade.
2. Jadranka Zaric, GPA 9.98. Born in 1991, in Kraljevo.
3. Jelena Katic, GPA 9.96. Born in 1991, in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
