Eight members of Falintil-FDTL completed the English language training course level V in Metinaro
Metinaro, December 18, 2024
Eight members of FALINTIL-Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL) completed the English language training course V at the Comandante Nicolao Lobato Training Center, Metinaro today.
The General Commander of the Support Force, Colonel Celestino Pinto 'DAELEBA', said that eight members of FALINTIL-Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL) (today they have already passed the English level from level I to level V)
“Our cooperation with Australia and Portugal because Portugal is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) and Australia we must know English because we are part of the multilateral with America, Australia and Japan including Malaysia so we must know English and Portuguese. " said the General Commander of the Support Force, Colonel Celestino Pinto “Daeleba”, after distributing certificates to the members.
“We must learn English when we go to countries with which we cooperate multilaterally and we are going to work abroad. We must know English and Portuguese and not only that, but for the Chief of Staff course we must know the English language.”
“In the academy and in the training courses, we must know English to go to Australia and America, including other places that we have to determine our academy this year or next, we must plan like this because this is your preparation before you go.”
The institution prepares you in English not only in Metinaro but also in the Land Component, Naval Component and also Light Air Component, which began to be prepared well before coming to CICNL.
"I ask the junior officers to prepare for peacekeeping because now we are in South Sudan, including Lebanon, to prepare well and the course for the Chief of Staff and the course for military observers, so they must learn and know the English language, master the subject if they do not master it will be a problem for us.
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