In comparison with 2013, the number of reported cases of the enemy increased by 16, reaching from 6 to 22. I’ll note that in the central office of the Military Police five working groups have formed that regularly visit military units to check on-site the service of military police and the effectiveness of cooperation with commanders of military units.

Firstly I would say that in the 2013 and in the 2014 we skillfully organized and implemented the protection of the state border. The main result is – no losses, no wounded. We believe that the task is completed. In the area of discipline, we have a good performance. Thus, violations, compared with last year, decreased by 50%, by 60% reduced incidents of hazing, by 80% – cases of self-mutilation. Last year, the military unit was inspected by the Chief Military Inspectorate and received a “satisfactory” rating.

The thing is that during the first test, in June, we received “unsatisfactory” rating, which was very unpleasant for us. We were given the opportunity to retake the exam. After that, we did everything to remedy the shortcomings. By the way, the second test was also sudden. However, this time we got a “satisfactory” rating. But this estimate is not the limit of our abilities. We deserve a higher valuation, and we will soon prove it.

In operations against the enemy junior commanders of the Armenian army will be given the necessary freedom to make independent decisions…
During the meeting with the commanders of the military units of Yerevan and Armavir garrisons, Defense Minister Ohanyan mentioned that the priority task of the RA AF for 2015 will be protecting the security of the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh from external aggression, preservation of combat readiness of troops, reviewing defense strategy, the improvement of professional skills and strengthen discipline.

We were looking at night lights of their city and missing Yerevan. On New Year’s eve we were standing on the highest combat point of the world. In the same hour, when the whole Armenian people was celebrating New Year by drinking a toast to us also, we – the soldiers serving on the front line, were looking at the night lights of Khanlar and tried to imagine our city and our hearth.

Zohrab Yeganyan on his FB-page wrote about small feat of ordinary soldier who serves in Artsakh.
“Yesterday we met with the commander of the border military unit, and he told us an interesting case that expresses morale in today’s Army.
In early August, when the Azeris carried out the first acts of sabotage and we got our first loss, one soldier of the military unit N had to go on a 10-day vacation. His family members were already waiting for him. However, in the morning the soldier came to the commander and refused to leave, saying that “at this moment I can not leave the guys and go to a safe place”.

Dear Armenian people!
Messrs officers, soldiers and warriors-liberators!
Congratulations to all for a Happy New Year, I wish you health, happiness and most importantly – peace that we have defended during this year – in 2014, which was full of dangers and challenges. This past year was filled with not only unprecedented tension on the border, but also achievements in army building. Despite ongoing provocations, a large amount of work has been carried out in the areas of improving combat training and safety of alerting. Particular attention was paid to the implementation of new and more complex combat training tasks, preparation of special units.