Artillery training regiment is the only one in the national army that 5 consecutive years wins “the best” title and is being awarded with the banner of honour. According to the existing procedure in case of 3 consecutive successes the banner of honour gets its permanent registration in that same regiment. The thrust and hardworking staff fights for the second banner.
Regiment’s Commander Alexander Petrosyan says that “to become the first – it is not easy, since the other training regiments are also working very well, and we reached success in serious competition conditions”.

Yerevan municipality initiated a meeting in the school after Shant on February 20th. Deputy Head of the RA MoD Information and PR Department Felix Poghosyan, Head of General education department of municipality Gayaneh Soghomonyan, School unit’s Head of the same Department Anahit Melkonyan, directors and teachers of some schools were present.

We are in the peace-keeping brigade under the command of Major General Arthur Simonyan. Among the servicemen he mentioned Avag Kurdiyan who has been serving in the infantry battalion since 2011, in 2013 with the army grouping he was in Afghanistan ensuring security of Kunduz airport.

On the invitation of “Free Mind Centre of Ankara” and “Western Armenians National Congress” RA NA Member Aragats Akhoyan together with many Turk intellectuals and politicians participated in the forum “Commemoration to Hrant Dink’s Massacre”.

It is 90th anniversary of Gevorg Vardanyan, the legend of Soviet and world intelligence service, prominent son of the Armenian nation
On February 17 legendary Soviet SSA Gevorg Vardanyan would have been 90. He is the only SSA of the USSR who got the Golden Star of the Soviet Union’s Hero not during war-time, and during his life-time.

Artsakh war participant, rewarded with combat awards, Colonel of police Alexander Sargsyan has written a text-book “Psychological tasks of military intelligence service”.
The book is based on his war experience. In the foreword the author says that despite the fact that modern armed forces are being equipped with the newest technology and equipment, however one should not underestimate the human factor because combat operation’s success most dependent on it.

At school no. 7 of the city of Kapan of Syouniq district the military-patriotic education is the main part of the educational program. At school often meetings have been organized with Great patriotic War, Artsakh war participants, officers and soldiers of regiments.