Our recruitment office, headed by Commissar Colonel Albert Karamyan, deals with call-up with full responsibility. It is very important that healthy guys be recruited to the army. We investigate recruit’s family situation, his education, have separate talks with him presenting the army life distinctly and in detail. So our youth go to the army already informed.

Before recruiting to the army Aram Torosyan studied at Philosophy & Psychology Department of YSU, worked in the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts – Matenadaran, participated in various international seminars, was the main coordinator in working with museums and libraries in Armenia. Now he is a sergeant, commander of recruits’ preparation division, Chairman of Sergeants Council of the front-line regiment.

Great and rich culture is the guarantee of a firm statehood, pledge of safety and permanence of the nation. And such kind of nation had to escape from the danger of losing its own uniqueness, though the enemy wanted to eliminate our spiritual values – prohibiting and threatening, limiting and humiliating, spreading own mediocre works. The Armenians preserved their 5000-year-old unique culture, preserved it in their blood, soul.

Anti-Air Defense troops’ fast becoming is due to the need of neutralization of aggressive intentions and possible actions of our neighbors.
During the bombing of Stepanakert, Kapan, other settlements of Karabakh and Armenia, an urgent need appeared to create this kind of troops and fully ensure the security of the airspace. Today the RA AF AAD troops are considered the most efficient in the region, and the country’s airspace – reliably protected.

Recently in the Palace of Culture of Zelenograd administrative district of Moscow the 16th International contest-festival “Vivat, Victory!” was held, dedicated to the 69th anniversary of the Victory. 18 ensembles, 32 soloists and 14 authors-performers took part in it.

Major Kheder Mirzoyan was born on April 8, 1983 in Yerevan. After completing school he was admitted to Omsk Tank Engineering Institute. In 2005 he was appointed as deputy on arms, afterwards – commander of company of tank battalion, deputy on armaments of artillery battalion. Since 2012 he is the head of service of the regiment which is under the command of Colonel Ashot Ghazaryan.

On May 8th the Day of Yerkrapah (country defender) was celebrated. Festivities were held not only in Yerevan, Stepanakert, in the regions of Armenia and Artsakh, but also in Diaspora. This year for the first time in the Holy See of Echmiadzin and other dioceses of the Armenian apostolic church a liturgy was served for the souls of the victims of the liberation war. On the occasion of the festival on the decree of the RA President 20 liberation warriors were awarded the highest state awards, and on the order of the Defense Minister 20 were awarded departmental medals, and almost 5000 people were awarded awards, medals and valuable presents from Yerkrapah Volunteers Union.