President Yoweri Museveni and Commander-in-Chief\nof the Uganda Armed Forces has passed out Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF)\nTank Crews who have successfully completed one-year Armour Basic Crew Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to congratulate the graduands for\ncompleting their course and for doing well. I was watching the accuracy of\ndifferent guns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the ceremony that took place yesterday at the Armoured Warfare Training School (AWTS) Karama in Mubende District, Gen. Museveni expressed satisfaction with the skills exhibited by the over 300 graduands, especially in areas of target identification, acquisition and destruction, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trainees were drawn from all UPDF units in the country and their training introduced them to such topics like design, tactics, military law, medical and public health and political education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni commended the Instructors and\nthe UPDF in general for a job well done adding that the excellent performance that\nhad been displayed by the graduands showed that they had fully internalised\nwhat the tutors had imparted to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gen. Museveni thanked the expatriates for sharing\ntheir valuable knowledge with the newly trained crews adding that their\ncooperation has been long-standing dating as far back as 1917 to the struggle\nfor Africa\u2019s freedom. He commended their readiness to work with Uganda and\nAfrica in general in all areas of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President highly commended the UPDF for\nlooking after the environment very well noting that the training grounds are\nimpressively covered with green vegetation. He used the occasion to appeal to\nwananchi throughout the country to emulate the UPDF\u2019s good practice and desist\nfrom cutting down trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President handed an assortment of awards to the\nbest students for their excellent performance in various disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief of the Defence Forces, Gen. David Muhoozi, said remarkable improvement in UPDF\u2019s training has been registered. He noted that the training that the UPDF has achieved will go a long way in helping soldiers to successfully cope with the ever changing training requirements with the aim of ensuring that the Army is a better force ready for the protection of Uganda.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brig. Deus Sand\u00e9 of Karama Armour Training School thanked the Commander-in-Chief and UPDF for the support. He also commended the instructors for the commitment to a successful training programme <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces has passed out Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) Tank Crews who have successfully completed one-year Armour Basic Crew Course. \u201cI want to congratulate the graduands for completing their course and for doing well. I was watching the accuracy of different guns,\u201d he said. During the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":12211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-12210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n