2024-07-15 21:41:00
“We understand the risks of our profession, but no activity in peacetime deserves to mourn the loss of a member of our institution,” said the head of the Army.
General Javier Iturriaga, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, regretted the “episodes with tragic results” seen in the recent history of the institutionin allusion to the fatal march of conscripts in Putre, which ended with the life of Franco Vargas.
Iturriaga was part of the acts of Oath to the Flag, which took place in the Votive Temple of Maipú, where he expressed that “the training, instruction and training processes in the Army are planned to be imparted in a gradual and controlled manner, in order to incorporate knowledge, skills and abilities, in accordance with the individual and collective progress of a unit and ensuring the safety of its members, because we fully understand the risks of our profession.”
But the Army chief acknowledged that, “despite all efforts to comply with the above, in our recent history, We have had to regret episodes with tragic results, which forces us to continue strengthening our training and instruction processes. We fully understand the risks of our profession, but no activity in peacetime merits mourning the loss of a member of our institution.”
However, General Javier Iturriada emphasized the value-based training of the Army, pointing out that “it is part of the foundations of the military professionand is supported by current national and international legal regulations.”