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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

Metinaro, 10 April 2025

The FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) Command conducted an individual demonstration training activity led by the Peace Support Operations Training Military for F-FDTL members of the Land Component.

In his speech, the FALINTIL-FDTL General Support Force Commander, Colonel Celestino Pinto 'DAELEBA', said: Our objective with this individual demonstration training is to prepare our military personnel when we enter ASEAN, as well as military observers, as currently our F-FDTL military officers in South Sudan.

He said that "their training for ten weeks was not the best, but it was good and in the future they should improve even more."

At the same location, the Commander of the Training Center, Commander Nicolau Lobato, Lieutenant Colonel Eugénio Guterres “TOFA” explained that all training is from basic to advanced, so the Peace Support Training Center is currently preparing the FALINTIL-FDTL elements of each component to attend this training.

"Our means and conditions are like this, we follow that, but when our conditions are good, when we practice we put it into practice to fulfill this mission well in the future", he declared.

He added that during this period our Australian partners have always supported the FALINTIL Command - Timor-Leste Defense Force, so they have a duty to support the F-FDTL Institution.

"You prepare well and train well, we can contribute, we train to do what, to minimize the risk, when we don't want to train the risk for us is great", he said.

Lieutenant Colonel TOFA also asked the military to train seriously, because the FALINTIL-FDTL Institution trusts the Military, the Components and Units also trust, the Nation and the Government also trust the members of FALINTIL-FDTL, so the training is simple but its risk is great.

"You continue training and tomorrow we will close, tomorrow you finish, but not only here, we will also fulfill the mission, returning is normal, because the military's job is this until the end", he said.

F-FDTL Media

Presidential Palace, 7 April 2025

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of FALINTIL-Forsa Defeza Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), Major General Calisto Santos Coliati, participated today in the meeting of the Superior Council for Defence and Security, led by the President of the Republic José Ramos-Horta, as well as by the Supreme Commander of the Forces, Heartbreak.

The objective of this meeting is to discuss strategic concepts related to national defence and security, since the Superior Council for Defence and Security is the advisory body of the Head of State.

As members of the Superior Council for Defence and Security, Prime Minister Kayrala Xanana Gusmão participated directly with members of the Government, members of the National Parliament, defence and security institutions and also representatives of the Head of State.

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