Today, on February 14, 2012, at the Military Medical Academy, the 3rd Class of the Medical Services Officer candidates have officially took the oath.

The MMA’s head, Brig. Gen. Prof. Dr. Marijan Novaković congratulated the female candidates on the taken oath and said that their training would be an opportunity to gain new knowledge and experience, but to develop good interpersonal relationships as well. He expressed his particular content with the fact that the whole Class was comprised of the female candidates, future military physicians. That was completely in harmony with the UN Resolution 1325 on involvement of women in security issues. It is the Resolution the Ministry of Defense is working on its implementation.

There are 18 candidates who started the training for the Medical Services officers. They are doctor. They are doctors of medicine admitted through the Open Call annouced by the Ministry of Defence with the aim of meeting the needs of the Serbian Armed Forces.

The said training would last4 months, and all those who successfuly complete it would be promoted into the rank of an active-duty Medical Services Corps Officer and assigned to the units and installations of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence where their services are required.