Meeting with faculty members: SAC Chairman met with commandants and officer instructors

State Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses the meeting with commandants, senior officer instructors and lecturers of the Defence Services Medical Academy, the Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science and the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Hmawby) at the Convocation Hall of the DSMA in Mingaladon Station of Yangon Region on Thursday.

First, Military Appointment-General Lt-Gen Lin Aung and Armed Forces Training-General Lt-Gen Zaw Myo Tin reported on turning out of officers and lecturing of literature from DSMA, DSINPS and Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Hmawby) from 1999 to 2021 and current duty assignments.

In his speech related to the training session, the Senior General said the training is of importance in the Tatmadaw. Dynamic capability needs inclusive of the military, organizational and administrative capabilities. It is necessary to combine the knowledge and skills in addition to critical thinking.

The Defence Services Academy, the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Bahtoo) and the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Hmawby) are directly turning out the military leaders endowed with skills in respective subjects. Training depots also give military training as well as school education to the trainees. Defence services academies emphasize the full-time training system for respective subjects.

As a good follower will be an outstanding leader, systematic training must be given to trainees to become good followers. Trainers need to focus on giving training to trainees to have qualified ones rather than the quantities. As the military discipline is the backbone of the Tatmadaw, it is necessary to emphasize training for trainees to have good morals and discipline.

The Senior General also elaborated the background situations of taking state’s responsibilities in line with the constitution, current situations of the country and reaffirmed to hold the multiparty democracy general election in August 2023 as much as possible depending on the peace and stability of the country.