285 strong batch of aspiring soldiers take oath

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – The second batch of this year’s Candidate Soldiers took oath here at 6th Infantry Division Grandstand this morning, June 1, 2018.A total of 285 qualified aspiring soldiers stand before 6th ID Commander, Brig. Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana, and to their proud parents, relatives and love ones, as they took oath before they will be sent to Division Training School (DTS) in Brgy. Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. The applicants went through strict selection process after passing the physical, medical, neurological, and psychological examinations among more than a thousand applicants to recruit the most competent candidates that will hone to become the future soldiers of the Philippine Army.After their oath, the candidate soldiers were brought to 6DTS for a 14-week rigid military training broken down into 3 modulesand Transformation, Basic Squad Training, and Application of Knowledge. This training will mold them to become well-disciplined, competent and capable soldiers to fill-in the enlisted ranks of the Army. The candidate soldiers’ training is fundamentally stressful as they will initially experience an abrupt change from being a civilian to adapting the military lifestyle, Sobejana said. I am reminding the personnel of DTS to instil discipline and respect to guarantee that these recruits will develop a mind-set of survival in the military profession, he added.From the 285 aspirants, 256 are composed of males and 29 are females. sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34070970_818223758384103_3242806450006786048_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0andamp_nc_eui2=AeFiSpDP4qCNw5GFisIytkfpFADV99galrTmwcrz71hseXhz6mfF-UBIGSKr-etiOjDmRC8h-2_3cUoPn6AmRFyLPFYuGjkgeVKN3OHcEHe49wandampoh=2f3bd9897b0bc436e158712d2d45c31eandampoe=5B8886FC Image may contain 7 people sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33945628_818223958384083_4941397214493671424_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0andampoh=73cd7a58ec420c62c6e3ee6e0baa6b04:ampoe=5B7D6054 Image may contain one or more people and indoor sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34076017_818224131717399_3778425529363857408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0andampoh=18849cccf5bed5c84440a6d5fcfa7bd8andampoe=5B76A9B1