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