MILITARY PROFESSION

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VISION AND MISSION

  Since the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) assume important responsibilities in the preparation in the people’s preparation for defense, officers constitute a considerable percentage of its strength and play a decisive role in the fulfillment of the missions entrusted to the institution. They have been appropriately called the backbone of the forces.  

The Cuban professional soldier is a man who leads an austere life and is highly committed to his people, with whom he shares success and difficulties.  Society recognizes the extraordinary importance of the task performed by the military cadres and tries to reward their contribution, as far as is within the reach of a country of limited economic resources.

PRINCIPLE OF FULL COMMAND

Full command is a vital principle of military organization.  A lot of attention is given to strengthening the command bodies and to increasing their efficiency.  Officers should educate their subordinates, in the first place, by personal example.  They should develop in them the qualities of a patriotic and revolutionary soldier:  bravery, a sense of honor and living habits that are consistent with their important mission.

TRAINING AND UPGRADING

Primary attention is given to selecting and preparing the officer corps.  It is a governing moral principle and consistent practice in daily life that to be an officer of the Revolutionary Armed Forces is not a means of earning a living but a sense of life that implies a readiness to make sacrifices for the homeland.

  All young Cubans with the established requirements can opt for positions that are granted to train as officers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and to receive, on concluding their studies satisfactorily, the rank of first officer and a diploma of special higher military training.  Another source of enrollment into the officer corps is graduates of civilian university centers in related specialties.

  Graduates of the military educational centers for officer training have unlimited possibilities for development in the Revolutionary Armed Forces.  In accordance with their results, they can opt for higher courses in the General Máximo Gómez Academy Revolutionary Armed Forces.  They can then achieve science degrees in the different specialties and  enter  the National  Defense College.

CARE FOR VETERANS

There is a national system for caring for war veterans, citizens who were made disabled while on military services and the relatives of those who fell in combat while fulfilling their duty.  This system also covers retired professional soldiers.

 

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