𝗖𝗼𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗗𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚

Chief of Staff (CoS) RFMF, Colonel Sapenafa Motufaga yesterday opened the Pre-Deployment Training for personnel earmarked to serve with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights.

Colonel Motufaga who had recently returned from his 2-year posting as Military and Police Advisor with the United Nations HQ in New York reminded the troops that as peacekeepers, they will be an ambassador of the RFMF, Fiji and the UN.

He told the troops to be role models. “Everything you do out there in the mission field will first and foremost reflect on your contingent ‘𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘶’ the RFMF, Fiji and the United Nations.”

“Learn as much as you can from the instructors during your PDT training, and throughout your deployment take time to develop yourselves,” said Colonel Motufaga.

The 170 strong personnel of ‘𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘶’ begins their six weeks of training at the Lololo training camp outside Lautoka.