In 2014 our unit was recognized the best in the military unit. 4 years in a row, our artillery battalion is one of the best in the unit. As part of division 2 consecutive years our second battery was voted the best.

In the training regiments trainings started before than in combat regiments – on February 9. Before that, a solemn oath ceremony of previously recruited cadets was held.
In the anti-air defense regiment on the ceremony were present not only the soldiers’ relatives and friends but also head of Aragatsoten region Sargis Sahakyan with his employees, war participants, representatives of intelligentsia, schools.

There was a time when a lot of false information about the army was published, especially on the Internet. Now the number of false information is very much reduced, and that is the result of this transparency. Each year, the commander of Army of Defense invites journalists to military units to the front line and says – write what you see! Journalist in the first place is a citizen of our country, and deserves the moral right to criticize the army only in case of fair and respectful attitude for the army or if he has contributed to the construction of the army. In such cases, we are even grateful if they point to some omissions, but conduct of dirty talk against the army is not just ethical and not worthy of person who loves his homeland.

It was on January 28. In the evening I wanted to have a rest but something was bugging me. I stood up and told the guys that I was going to the position. It is only later they would jokingly say, “You exactly have connections on the other side. Then why did you just go to that position?” Joking aside, but when you are connected with the land, with a vengeance feel danger.

The enemy penetrates into our territory, some of them die, and I’m confident that our people allow them to carry away their dead. This humanity is surprising me. I’ve never called to attack first. I say – if they attack us, we must take the war to the enemy’s territory. I do not understand, international standards are only for us, or what?

Recently captain Voskanyan was awarded the medal “Vazgen Sargsyan”. Acting under his command tank company during final exams of 2014, they registered high rates of fire training and driving.
His colleagues said about him that “his strength and weakness is the tank.”
“And why the tank?” – I asked Mihran. He sincerely replied, “Because tank emphasizes my importance”.

On January 27 Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan summed up the 2014 army year. Besides journalists, military attaches of foreign diplomatic missions, high-ranking militarymen, guests were present on the press-conference.
As expected, the Minister highlighted the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, noting that the systematic violation of the ceasefire, the organization of sabotage, Armenophobia grafting his own people and vile falsification of obvious facts from the Azerbaijani side is a destabilizing factor in the safety of the South Caucasus and in the region.