One of the units of our army was recognized as the best among the artillery units on combat duty. I still knew that much when I went to the artillery unit to talk to the commander of the unit with the best results. “I will call him and, you will talk,” said the deputy commander of the military unit, Lt Col Atabekyan, before the commander of the subdivision came to his office.

I love you, my homeland, Armenia, and that love is not just words with a pleasant vocabulary. You have come from the depths of the centuries with your courageous essence…

Father and son Babayans protect the borders of the homeland.

The new academic year has started. The educational process has also started in military schools. The topic of our conversation with Lt Col Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Head of the Ministry of Defense’s Education Department of the General Department of Personnel and Military-Educational Policy, is the achievements in the military-educational sphere, the key issues and goals.

The military unit is in active training. Artillery units are undergoing fire training. By the order of Lt Vardanyan, the conscripts release the artillery piece and report that they are ready for the next steps.

Interview with Col Albert Baghdasaryan, Head of the General Staff’s Management Department

The self-defense battles in Artsvashen started in 1989 and lasted for 3 years. Artsvashen, located in the eastern part of Gegharkunik region, was an enclave in the Getabek region of Azerbaijan, the last Armenian piece of land.