National army
The platoon commander, Captain Margar Saribekyan, was recently awarded the “Combat Cross” Order of the 1st degree. He was only 25 years old during the last war in Artsakh, but took a detachment in March.
The next conscription will end soon. The last groups of recruits, after undergoing a medical examination, leave for the republican military base, from where, as usual, the military units assigned to them will be drawn by lot.
For Vazgen and Marine Asatryan from Gandzak, July was full of emotions, feelings, feelings, smiles and tears, anxiety, waiting and pride were intertwined…
“Captain Vazgen Kirakosyan is one of our best officers, a true devotee of his job,” this is how friends describe Vazgen Kirakosyan, the battery commander of the artillery division. – During the 44-day war his battery worked perfectly, hitting the enemy’s targets with maximum accuracy.
I met Shant in Febraury 2019 at the Central Gathering Facility while covering the conscription. He was born and raised in the United States, and when the time came, the decision was irrevocable: he will come to serve in the Homeland.
When I talked to Garnik Babakyokhvyan, a soldier of the National Army, he was at the border, in positions. Garnik is an athlete, three-time Armenian champion in power triathlon, European champion, world champion.
Garnik took part in the last war, when he was only a soldier for 2 months …