The ceremony was attended by the Academy staff headed by the Commander, Lieutenant General Slavko Bari\u0107 as the envoy of the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, the Commander of the Support Command, Major General Drago Matanovi\u0107 and the awarded cadets family members.
The Best Cadet Plaques from 1-10 generations were presented to D.Sc. Matija Hoi\u0107, 1st Lieutenant Dario Bilje\u0161kovi\u0107, 1st Lieutenant Rebeka Kru\u0161elj, 1st Lieutenant Zlatko Mihaljevi\u0107, 1st Lieutenant\u00a0 Ivan Jankovi\u0107,\u00a0 2nd Lieutenant Leopold Gelemanovi\u0107, Ensign Maja Matkovi\u0107, 1st Lieutenant Hrvoje Beni\u0107, Private Robert Matok and Private Jurica Bili\u0107. Pvt Bili\u0107, currently attending Basic Officer School, was presented with the challenge sabre (a new cadet ceremony)\u00a0 by the Commander of the Cadet Battalion, Major Tomislav Kasumovi\u0107 .
Addressing the cadets the Commander of the Croatian Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Bari\u0107 congratulated\u00a0 the ceremony organisers, particularly the symbolic handing of the sabre to the last generation’s best cadet.
General\u00a0 Bari\u0107 emphasised experience of the current generation of cadets, who have been the first to take the new system took the new system of education of the Croatian officers, aimed at producing the officers equal to the officer of the world’s leading militaries, whose values Croatian officers\u00a0 do share but also cherish and present their own national values.
Private Jurica Bili\u0107 expressed the pride and satisfaction with receiving the sabre which represented the fraternity of a group and appreciated the colleagues for their support towards the title.
This has been a first ceremony of the kind, and the Cadet Battalion and other units of the Croatian Defence Academy wish to make it a tradition.\u00a0 It comprised a formal and a ceremonial programme, featuring musical, film, recital and drama performance by the cadets. The Cadet Battalion Chronicle emphasised that the first generation of cadets enrolled in the Programme in September 2003.
The Cadet Programme entailed a combination of civilian and military education conducted in a co-operation with the University of Zagreb and the University of Split. In 12 years of its existence the Cadet programme trained more than 964 cadets.
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