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Baucau, April 15, 2025
The FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) held a generational retreat with the aim of preparing leaders of new generations for the future. The retreat activity was carried out at the Land Forces Component in Baucau.
In an interview with the Chief of the General Staff of the FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), Lieutenant-General Falur Rate Laek said that, historically, the institution of the F-FDTL remains independent and has, in its majority, leaders with experience of combat in the future, which requires a future leadership which must include a strong nationalism and democratic consolidation.
The Lieutenant-General also explained that, hope and confidence in them, because they received academic training in the country and abroad, including the Institute of National Defense (IDN) needs to update and consolidate the new generation, strengthen their culture of education, culture of training and awareness as well as Timorese leadership, consolidation strong, and leadership that is democratic, visible for the future to command, as today our speakers talk about many values and principles that were spoken today, this is a consequence of command, in the institution of the FALINTIL-FDTL is the character of leadership before independence, but now after independence, independence leadership is now to go forward to make the preparation of transformation for future generations.
The Chief of the General Staff of the F-FDTL, Lieutenant-General Falur Rate Laek, the Chief of the General Staff of the F-FDTL, Brigadier-General José da Costa Soares 'TRIX', Commodore Higino das Neves, and the Commander of the Component and Office, including Superiors Oinidad, participated in this generational activity.
Meanwhile, the speakers of the generational activity, came from the Minister of Defense Against the Admiral Donaciano Costa Gomes, Ph.D, the Lieutenant General (Ref) Lere Anan Timur, the Lawyer Avelino Coelho, the former Minister of Defense José Agostinho Siqueira 'SOMOXO' and Members General João FALINTIL-FDTL participants of senior officers.
F-FDTL media team
Headquarters, 14 April 2025
F-FDTL REFLECTIVE ACTIVITY LENS
The FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) and officials from the Ministry of Defence held a reflection today to prepare for the Easter holiday, chaired by the F-FDTL Chaplain, Captain Rui Filomeno de Jesus Gomes, in the Headquarters Auditorium.
F-FDTL Media
Metinaro, 10 April 2025
New Zealand Defence Attaché in Indonesia, Colonel Jeremy Ramsden, visited the Service Support Unit (UAS) and the Commander Nicolau Lobato Training Centre Unit (CICNL) Metinaro, where he was received directly by the Commander of the General Support Force, Colonel Celestino Pinto 'DAELEBA' to meet with the two units.
The aim of this meeting is to discuss how to maintain cooperation between FALINTIL-FDTL and the Armed Forces of New Zealand and Timor-Leste in the area of Technical-Military Cooperation in the future.
F-FDTL UAS Media / Hilário R.Torezão
Hera, 10 April 2025
New Zealand Defence Attaché in Indonesia, Colonel Jeremy Ramsden, visited the F-FDTL Naval Component, which was received directly by the Commander of the 2nd Naval Component, Captain Frigate Guido Guterres Da Silva, at the Hera Naval Base.
The aim of this meeting is to discuss how to maintain cooperation between the F-FDTL Naval Component and the Armed Forces of New Zealand and Timor-Leste in the area of Military Technical Cooperation in the future.
F-FDTL Naval Media/Assis 1st Sergeant
Metinaro, April 11, 2025
Fifty-four members of the FALINTIL-Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) Land Component completed Peace Support Operations and Land Navigation training at the Peace Support Operations Training Center in Metinaro.
In his speech, the Commander of the FALINTIL-FDTL General Support Force, Colonel Celestino Pinto 'DAELEBA', said that today is another important moment for the F-FDTL command, as today we completed three courses, such as Land Navigation, leadership course and Peace Support Training, with instructors from Australia and Timor-Leste.
“Yesterday we completed the final training, yesterday I also accompanied the CICNL commander, the training went very well, the training lasts ten weeks and the land navigation lasts three weeks and the leadership course, this course is very long because it lasts ten weeks, even though the instructors are tired, they are still willing to give us good training”.
Therefore, about 10 military Land Navigation courses and about fifty CTOAP courses, during the theory and practice courses, today were completed and certificates were received.
He added that he just wanted to say that the FALINTIL-FDTL Command is ready to prepare its military personnel since 2017 until today, now we have about two companies, when all the training returns to each component must maintain this training, so that they do not forget this matter.
Get ready, we will make a peacekeeping force. Now, we do not have a mission, but we prepare before our country needs it or other countries need our support. We are prepared. Ask yourself, this is like a book, go back to your component, don't forget, especially as a company, section and squadron commander.
At the same place, the Commander of the Training Center, Commander Nicolau Lobato, Lieutenant Colonel Eugenio Guterres "TOFA" said once again congratulate you for completing this training in Land Navigation and Peace Support today, it is very important for the members who completed this training today, how to use GPS and compass for their coordinates, that's why land navigation is important.
He also reported that the Peace Support Training Center, many times we always hear the message from our command that we must have good planning related to the Peace Support Training Center that we are currently preparing, the materials that you learn, tomorrow will be applied in the mission that we are doing, when we are ready to support our condition, we can also go and fulfill the mission.
Before I finish, I want to give you a message, maybe back to your component you should make sure your military training materials that you learn, because the motto in CICNL is written that "it is better to sweat in training than to shed blood in combat", to avoid shedding blood in combat, because this is the motto of CICNL, if you want to be a good military man, you must follow this motto. end
F-FDTL Media/ José Silva
Cristo Rei, April 11, 2025
Members of the FALINTIL-East Timor Defence Forces (F-FDTL), through the General Headquarters and the Military Police Unit, performed a Via Sacra at Cristo Rei Dili.
In an interview, the F-FDTL Chaplain, Captain Rui Filomeno Gomes, said that this journey is a journey of faith to reflect and that this journey is about the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus.
“We carry out this reflection during Lent, and during Lent the F-FDTL also has the same opportunity to carry out retreats, there are also mass confessions. As Christians, we do this. We are all here, officers, sergeants, enlisted men and families, all believers who join us in the journey of faith of Christians around the world”. He also emphasized that the true meaning of this trip is that we walk practically together with the people of God, first to strengthen our faith that God gave us as a Catholic majority, on the other hand with our effort we also seek to affirm the faith of the people, we have to guarantee the defense and security of God in this holy time to get closer to the feast of Easter that we will celebrate next week”.
This activity is carried out here, from the General Headquarters, Light Aviation Component, Military Police Unit, including the FALINTIL Unit, and other components carry out according to their capacity and time in each component.
F-FDTL Media / Nhoy Borges
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