Baku, Azerbaijan, May 3. The next graduation
ceremony for the Marine Commando Basic Course was held in the
Azerbaijan Naval Forces’ military unit, Trend reports citing the
Ministry of Defense.
The event was attended by Naval Forces leadership and
servicemen. First, flowers were laid in front of the monument
erected in memory of the martyrs within the military unit’s
territory.
At the graduation ceremony, the memory of Great Leader Heydar
Aliyev and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was commemorated with a minute
of silence. The national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was
performed.
The Acting Commander of the Naval Forces, 1st grade Captain
Shahin Mammadov, welcomed the servicemen, conveyed congratulations
from the leadership of the Ministry of Defense to graduates who
successfully completed the course, and wished them success in their
future service.
Mammadov spoke about the successful reforms carried out under
the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev in the
Azerbaijan Army, formed by National Leader Heydar Aliyev as a
regular army, about the activities of the Naval Forces, and about
the participation of Naval Forces personnel in the historic victory
in the 44-day Patriotic War.
Then, the course’s top graduate attached the emblem to the
symbolic stump, followed by the presentation of certificates to the
graduates and the awarding of honorary certificates and valuable
gifts to distinguished servicemen and instructors.
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