Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)

August 21, 2003

Strategic Command will supervise the trainees from military schools

After the completion of the military training schools, the trainees who consists of government servants, town ward and village militia and other civilians will be supervised and managed by the Burmese Army’s Strategic Commands concerned.

Strategic Commands will divide the trainees into 8 groups under their commands and they would be use them for various purposes to help the Burmese Army’s operations. They are also included in the structure of Burmese Army’s Strategic Commands in every Township and manage for many defense purposes when necessary.

On a rotation basis, about 30 members of trainees would be under the supersion of the Command for one week time and they must be along with a battalion in the area to involve in the tasks of launching military offensives, taking security for the area and working basic construction and cooking in the battalion base. After one week, another one group of 30 trainees would replace.

Trainees are also divided into 8 groups and they consists of (1) local militia group; (2) information collecting group; (3) public relations group; (4 ) logistic group; (5) relief and resettlement group; (6) transportation group; (7) construction groups and (8) entertaining group in the structure for the coordination with the local Strategic Commands.

As the number of trainees are not reaching to the designed structure in the Commands, now the Burmese Army is also planning for the wives of policemen to attend the training school.

Trainees have learned about the 24 types of arm equipping techniques in the basic military schools and then the regime would continue providing additional management training after the completion of forming cell groups among themselves.