5 awarded Best Servicemember title in Georgian Defence Forces
Five have been awarded the title of a best servicemember on Tuesday. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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Five servicemembers of the Georgian Defence Forces were on Tuesday awarded for their service as part of a Defence Ministry project aimed at raising motivation and combat readiness of the country’s military personnel, the state body said.
Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, the Chief of the GDF, awarded the soldiers with the title of Best Servicemember in the event.
Captain Elguja Shekiladze, Corporal Paata Sabiashvili, Sergeant Giorgi Kvrivishvili, Sergeant Gigla Janelidze and Senior Lieutenant Shota Mekheshidze were handed certificates and badges for their service.
The Ministry said the criteria for the title included discipline, physical and combat training, quality of performance of assigned duties, decisionmaking ability and teamwork.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced “major changes” to the country’s defence system as part of the new defence code, which includes full transition of the compulsory military service to the Ministry of Defence mandate, requirement for the state to provide accommodation for servicemembers and their families, a “more flexible” military reserve system for students and moves to prevent evasion of service.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Tuesday said his body was working to establish a cybersecurity command with the help of the United Kingdom and other allies, and announced the increase of the defence budget to ₾260 million ($93 mln) next year.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Friday said his government was working on the purchase of anti-aircraft and anti-armor equipment.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Friday thanked the country’s prime minister Irakli Garibashvili for his recent announcement on the increase in salaries for servicemembers and law enforcement officers by 20 percent starting in January, calling the move - “very important.”
Grigol Giorgadze, the Georgian Deputy Defence Minister, on Thursday told representatives of religious organisations in the country the new Defence Code was addressing a legal loophole that had allowed individuals to “evade” compulsory military service with the use of a “clergyman's certificate”, the Defence Ministry said.
Georgia’s total defence strategy and deterrence policy are aimed at “maximum strengthening” of the country’s self-defence capabilities based on “existing needs and absence of international security umbrellas”, Deputy Defence Minister Grigol Giorgadze told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Tuesday.