(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 27. The next graduationceremony for the Marine Commando Basic Course has been held at theNaval Forces' military unit in Azerbaijan with participation ofservicemen of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, Trend reports via theAzerbaijani Ministry of Defense.
The ceremony was attended by the First Deputy Minister ofDefense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army,Colonel General Karim Valiyev, the First Deputy Minister of Defense– Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of KazakhstanLieutenant General Sultan Kamaletdinov, as well as Turkish andKazakh servicemen.
First, bouquets of flowers were placed in front of the monumenterected in memory of martyrs within the military unit's territory,demonstrating profound respect.
At the graduation ceremony, the memory of Great Leader HeydarAliyev and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the territorialintegrity of Azerbaijan was commemorated with a minute ofsilence.
The national anthems of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan wereperformed.
During the ceremony, the Chief of the General Staff of theAzerbaijan Army and his Kazakh counterpart emphasized theimportance of such courses in training skilled and professionalmilitary personnel.
At the same time, the participation of marines from Azerbaijanand Kazakhstan in joint exercises was commended, highlighting theirexemplary professionalism.
It was noted that a group of servicemen from all types of troopsof the Azerbaijan Army, as well as aviation vehicles and warshipswill be involved in“Birlestik (Unity) - 2024” operational-tacticalcommand-staff exercise to be held in Aktau this year.
Special training classes conducted by Azerbaijani and Turkishinstructors at the naval range and training center were consideredcommendable.
Valiyev expressed gratitude to the professional instructors fortheir high-level organization and conduct of the course,congratulated the graduates on successfully completing the program,and extended his best wishes for their future service.
Then, the honor student of the course attached the emblem to thesymbolic stump, followed by the presentation of certificates to thegraduates and the awarding of honors to distinguished servicemenand instructors.
After the completion of the official proceedings, modernweapons, combat techniques, and vehicles used by Marines andspecial forces were demonstrated.
The ceremony concluded with demonstration of tactical andspecial exercises of the Naval Special Forces along with exemplaryperformances by divers from underwater assault and underwaterdefense units.
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