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Women could make for discipline in army - Karabakh war hero
13:18 - 15.06.13
A legendary hero of the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war, Arkady
Tadevosyan, said Saturday that he finds women's role in the military
to be only positive for the given country.
He made the remark in comments to Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan's
recent statement about the plan to admit girls to the military
education institutions of Armenia starting from next year
`Norway, for example, adopted a law necessitating women's service. For
us, it isn't mandatory, but I think a woman - wherever she serves -
helps make the situation good,' Ter-Tadevosyan said, speaking to
reporters.
The hero remembered that during the war in Karabakh they lost 25 women
fighters on the battlefield. `We have many women officers in military
institutions. Once you wanted to carry out inspection, you saw the
shortcomings were done away with 100 percent. Women are more
responsible in all kinds of relations,' he said.
As for the female officers' marriage, Ter-Tadevosyan said though the
question is a little problematic he is optimistic about that too.
Another positive thing about women's presence in the military is that
they could make the male servicemen refrain from foul language and
conduct, he added. `Men use a bad language a lot, but they would
behave more seriously and restrainedly in a woman's presence,' he
noted.
Ter-Tadevosyan, better known with the nickname Komandos, disagreed to
the opinion that the decision to involve women in the military was
made because of the decreasing number of male servicemen. `It isn't
right to think definitely that way. Yes, the Army requires a specific
number, and the decreasing birthrate may also have something to do
with that, but that isn't the basic cause,' the hero explained.
He said there is a preliminary decision to specialize women servicemen
in artillery and anti-air defense, and signaler services.
Armenian News - Tert.am
13:18 - 15.06.13
A legendary hero of the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war, Arkady
Tadevosyan, said Saturday that he finds women's role in the military
to be only positive for the given country.
He made the remark in comments to Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan's
recent statement about the plan to admit girls to the military
education institutions of Armenia starting from next year
`Norway, for example, adopted a law necessitating women's service. For
us, it isn't mandatory, but I think a woman - wherever she serves -
helps make the situation good,' Ter-Tadevosyan said, speaking to
reporters.
The hero remembered that during the war in Karabakh they lost 25 women
fighters on the battlefield. `We have many women officers in military
institutions. Once you wanted to carry out inspection, you saw the
shortcomings were done away with 100 percent. Women are more
responsible in all kinds of relations,' he said.
As for the female officers' marriage, Ter-Tadevosyan said though the
question is a little problematic he is optimistic about that too.
Another positive thing about women's presence in the military is that
they could make the male servicemen refrain from foul language and
conduct, he added. `Men use a bad language a lot, but they would
behave more seriously and restrainedly in a woman's presence,' he
noted.
Ter-Tadevosyan, better known with the nickname Komandos, disagreed to
the opinion that the decision to involve women in the military was
made because of the decreasing number of male servicemen. `It isn't
right to think definitely that way. Yes, the Army requires a specific
number, and the decreasing birthrate may also have something to do
with that, but that isn't the basic cause,' the hero explained.
He said there is a preliminary decision to specialize women servicemen
in artillery and anti-air defense, and signaler services.
Armenian News - Tert.am