WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE
President Mauricio Macri led this morning at the Military School of the
Nation, the ceremony for the commemoration of the 209 anniversary of the
creation of the Argentine Army and stressed that Argentines "have to leave
the past behind and look to the future." "The Argentina we want,
increasingly secure, integrated and committed to the world's problems
Argentina, you need to have professional modern armed forces and prepared
to tackle the problems of the XXI century," said the Head of State in the
military establishment located in the locality of El Palomar. In this
regard, he highlighted the measures implemented by the government
to "modernize the sector structures and channeling resources to the most
urgent needs." He mentioned the progress in the professional hierarchy,
money- wages and strengthening coordination with other areas of the state,
mainly with internal security system. "A clear example is the Operational
Integration North, with which it seeks to provide logistical support to the
security forces and assist populations in need," he said. He stressed that
the goal is to move "towards a more dynamic defense system" and indicated
that size challenge "involves retracing decades of neglect of our Armed
Forces, a budget and symbolic abandonment". The Head of State was
accompanied by Defense Minister Oscar Aguad; Secretary General of the
Presidency, Fernando de Andreis; Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Fulvio
Pompeo; and the secretaries of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism, Claudio
Avruj and Security, Eugeni Burzaco, among other authorities. By the Armed
Forces, they participated chief of the Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Sosa
Valley Bari and chief of the General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General
Claudio Pasqualini, as well as representatives of the Navy and Air Force.
Macri thanked the authorities and military forces to keep alive the "spirit
of dedication, courage and patriotism that characterized our Army since
birth as a nation," noting that "the best we have our strengths are its men
and women, with their commitment , dedication and conviction ". "It is our
responsibility as a government to create better conditions so they can do
their job in the best way," he said, challenge "involves retracing decades
of neglect of our Armed Forces, a budget and symbolic abandonment". During
the ceremony, the Head of State gave awards to veteran of the Falklands War
in July Aro, promoter of the identification process of Argentine soldiers
buried in the cemetery of Darwin; Sergeant Fabio González, go for a heroic
rescue in the recent water emergency in the province of Chaco; and
relatives of deceased nurse Petty Officer Juan Gabriel Torres, who lost his
life while trying to help a comrade in the Lanin volcano.
Nation, the ceremony for the commemoration of the 209 anniversary of the
creation of the Argentine Army and stressed that Argentines "have to leave
the past behind and look to the future." "The Argentina we want,
increasingly secure, integrated and committed to the world's problems
Argentina, you need to have professional modern armed forces and prepared
to tackle the problems of the XXI century," said the Head of State in the
military establishment located in the locality of El Palomar. In this
regard, he highlighted the measures implemented by the government
to "modernize the sector structures and channeling resources to the most
urgent needs." He mentioned the progress in the professional hierarchy,
money- wages and strengthening coordination with other areas of the state,
mainly with internal security system. "A clear example is the Operational
Integration North, with which it seeks to provide logistical support to the
security forces and assist populations in need," he said. He stressed that
the goal is to move "towards a more dynamic defense system" and indicated
that size challenge "involves retracing decades of neglect of our Armed
Forces, a budget and symbolic abandonment". The Head of State was
accompanied by Defense Minister Oscar Aguad; Secretary General of the
Presidency, Fernando de Andreis; Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Fulvio
Pompeo; and the secretaries of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism, Claudio
Avruj and Security, Eugeni Burzaco, among other authorities. By the Armed
Forces, they participated chief of the Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Sosa
Valley Bari and chief of the General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General
Claudio Pasqualini, as well as representatives of the Navy and Air Force.
Macri thanked the authorities and military forces to keep alive the "spirit
of dedication, courage and patriotism that characterized our Army since
birth as a nation," noting that "the best we have our strengths are its men
and women, with their commitment , dedication and conviction ". "It is our
responsibility as a government to create better conditions so they can do
their job in the best way," he said, challenge "involves retracing decades
of neglect of our Armed Forces, a budget and symbolic abandonment". During
the ceremony, the Head of State gave awards to veteran of the Falklands War
in July Aro, promoter of the identification process of Argentine soldiers
buried in the cemetery of Darwin; Sergeant Fabio González, go for a heroic
rescue in the recent water emergency in the province of Chaco; and
relatives of deceased nurse Petty Officer Juan Gabriel Torres, who lost his
life while trying to help a comrade in the Lanin volcano.