Interview with Samvel Grigoryan, Head of the Endoscopic Cabinet of the Ministry of Defense’s Central Clinical Military Hospital.

The personnel of the unit under the command of Col Vazgen Hakobyan is lined up on the parade ground. Practical trainings had been held with the troops that are taking combat duty.

In many armies of the world, there are no restrictions to serve for women. The female servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces are no exception, they perform complex training tasks, serve on the front lines and as part of a special unit.

This combat position is low, in the rocks. Those carrying out service here are conscripts who are extremely experienced. They have also accumulated experience on-site in daily training, and drills.

Artsakh war veteran Sargis Brutyan has 12 children: seven sons and five daughters. His wife, Anahit Hovakimyan, sent seven sons to the army to defend various parts of the front line.

At the Homeland Defender’s Rehabilitation Center, Arman, Avetis and all the other boys are united by the same fate. Each of them chose the homeland and their people over his own life and health, and without hesitation went into battle to defend the land and country.

Zangakatun village is on the border of the border and like other border settlements it lives between war and peace. Those who live on the border have a special love and reverence for the soldiers, the guarantors of their peaceful life, ensuring their security.