1 FIR ready for Golan deployment

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The 139 RFMF soldiers of the 1 FIR team that will depart for Golan in April at the Lololo training area in Lautoka. Picture: NAVNESH REDDY

A total of 139 Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers of the First Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment (1 FIR) team will depart for the Golan Heights for a year-long duty in April after successfully completing six weeks of UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) pre-deployment training at Lololo training station in Lautoka.

Commissioner Western Mesake Ledua, while addressing the officers yesterday, said being an ambassador for the nation on full-time duty in uniform was no easy task “but, of course, we do not give easy tasks to our best soldiers”.

Mr Ledua reminded the departing soldiers that the RFMF was one of the best peacekeepers worldwide and their predecessors in Syria had our reputation intact.

“At all cost, this nation will never compromise with our reputation. You are definitely allowed to alter it, change it for the better, raise the bar and break barriers.”

Mr Ledua told the soldiers that it would be their team bonding that would give them success.

“All your senses need to be alert because it is a matter of life and death. One idle moment of vucesa can cost you your life and the nation its dignity.

“At all cost, do not bring shame and insult to your loved ones and your beloved nation,” said Mr Ledua.

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