Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun on Friday congratulated cadets admitted in the Military Academy for joining the “institution of honor, sacrifice and loyalty.”
“Armies are built for times of adversity, sacrifice is our destiny, even martyrdom if duty calls,” Aoun told the new cadets.
“Let your party be Lebanon and your sect be the uniform. It is Lebanon that protects the sects, and not the other way around,” he added, stressing that the would-be officers should ignore rumors aimed at undermining the Army as it is one of the few institutions which are “still standing.”
“In three years, you will take an oath of duty to preserve the country’s flag,” he said, pointing out that there are three oath-takers in the Lebanese state, the president, the judge and the military, “because their mission is sacred.”
“The institution will remain by your side to support you with all its capabilities,” he concluded.
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