11.10.2024.
Serbian Armed Forces reinforced with 102 new NCOs
A ceremony celebrating the admission of new NCOs to professional military service and the promotion of the 24th Basic NCO Course candidates to the rank of sergeant was held today at the Guard Club in Belgrade.
The ceremony promoting 102 NCO Course participants to the rank of sergeant was attended by Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff General Milan Mojsilović, along with members of his collegium, State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Mile Jelić and families and friends of the newly-promoted sergeants of the Serbian Armed Forces.Congratulating the new sergeants on their achievement, General Mojsilović said that “today is a very important day for the Serbian Armed Forces because they get a new class of NCOs who have shown readiness, moral strength and competence to serve their country in a new role”.
— I expect you to maintain the same quality in your future work, and I demand that care for the lives and health of members of the Serbian Armed Forces and your personal contribution to the cohesion of military collectives be a priority - said the Chief of the General Staff and added that, “thanks to continuous, stable, goal-directed and strategic supply and development of weapons, we can proudly say that today, we have efficient and rationally organized Armed Forces”.After reading the promotion order, the Chief of the General Staff presented awards to the top three candidates — Sgt Nikola Đurđević, Sgt Mladen Drašković and Sgt Danilo Lukić.
Addressing the audience on behalf of the 24th Basic NCO Course participants, the top ranked candidate, Sgt Nikola Đurđević, said that the new path he and his colleagues had chosen was a path that did not only imply responsibility towards themselves, but towards others as well - to lead them, to take care of them and to bring them back to their families after every task.The Basic NCO Course is one of the models of SAF NCO training which lasts six months. It is attended by selected professional soldiers who have previously completed the Leadership Course and who have earned the opportunity to become non-commissioned officers of the Serbian Armed Forces through their work and results achieved while performing military roles in their units. During the 26-week course, they undergo basic and specialized training, as well as internships in units of the Serbian Armed Forces and are trained to command a group, team and a squad.
