A ceremony was held on the occasion of handing over of duty commander of the Individual Training Center (ITC) in the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in the “Alekso Damnievski-Bauman” barracks in Veles. Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Erkich received the duty from Lieutenant Colonel Muhamed Ibraimi. Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Erkich has so far been serving as a Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Military Police Battalion. The ceremony was attended by TRADOC Commander Brigadier General Metodi Hadzi Janev and representatives of TRADOC.
The Commander of TRADOC gave a formal speech congratulating on the work of the outgoing Commander Lieutenant Colonel Muhamed Ibraimi, as well as the results achieved together with the personnel in the realization of the essential tasks in the mission of the ITC, and wished the new Commander to continue with the successful execution of the tasks in the same manner as his predecessors and successful realization of the challenges ahead.
After the speech the Commander of TRADOC gave the floor to the outgoing Commander of ITC, who in his address emphasized that together with the staff at the Individual Training Center achieved a lot of the set goals, still there is a lot to do to improve it and he expressed his gratitude to the personnel for their professional conduct during the realization of the goals.
In the end, the newly appointed Commander of the ITC gave a speech and stated that they are the first image of the Army for the newly employed personnel who decided to have a military career and they are the ones who should selflessly pass on their professional capabilities to all officers and soldiers who improve their knowledge attending numerous courses realized at the center.