National army
Our biggest problem was and remains the improvement of interpersonal relations and the establishment of the statutory morals that is aimed at increasing the combat capability of the army and strengthening border security guarantees. A large number of criminal cases are up under Article 359 of the Criminal Code, it is – a violation of statutory relations. At first glance, this may seem harmless crime but in reality has a hidden potential that can develop into a serious crime. Strengthening of statutory relations is the best guarantee of creating of a people-centered army. Tolerance is not a legal category, but intolerance in the troops can lead to a contradiction with the law. Therefore it is necessary to use all the levers of education, propaganda and moral-psychological suggestion so the behavior of a soldier would becme more aware, responsible, law-abiding, self-controlled.
On May 17, Air Defense troops of the national army celebrated the 23rd anniversary of their formation.
In the protection of the airspace of Armenia divisions and specialists of the 102nd Russian military base are also involved, which also perform combat duty, and in internetwork command post in the clock duty Armenian and Russian experts are included.
On May 25, 2014, in the south direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact on the shot of the enemy Colonel Garik Balayan was killed. On the same day soldier Armen Saghyan, ignoring the heavy fire, from the open field took back the body of his commander. The soldier is represented fot the medal “For courage”, which will be presented to him on May 9.
On April 25, the subdivision of RA AF under the command of the joint group of RA AF and RF AF forces commander, Lieutenant General Michael Grigoryan left for Moscow to participate in the parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
After tension on the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – Azerbaijan contact line in July-August 2014 Azerbaijani armed forces are getting more and more active again. According to the NKR Defense Army, besides sending permanently the saboteur squads, using various firearms, 60 and 82mm mortars, the Azerbaijani forces, for the first time since ceasefire’s establishment, have begun to use 120mm caliber mortars. Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov stated that “we have so many weapons and military techniques that due to its use the Armenians will not come to consciousness for hundreds of years” and that the “very first strike will destroy 70% of the enemy.”
Conscript Haroutyun Melkonian was awarded the badge of “Brave soldier.” On March 12, during the implementation of observations, he found the enemy sniper and destroyed him.
Soldier Meloyan tells.
In our hospital today work the best doctors of the republic, they are PhDs, the only specialists of the republic.
Hospital number one of the Ministry of Defense should be the best clinics in Armenia both in terms of the building and the quality of medical service, unfortunately still building conditions do not meet the requirements of the time.