The President of the National Defense Council, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, oversaw a tactical exercise this Saturday in the Tamarindo defense zone, in the municipality of Diez de Octubre, as part of the third National Defense Day commemoration in January.

Havana, Cuba.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic was accompanied by members of the Political Bureau and Army Corps Generals Álvaro López Miera and Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, Ministers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (Minint), respectively.

In the Tamarindo defense zone, he was received by Major General Ernest Feijóo Eiró, head of the Western Army; Liván Izquierdo Alonso, president of the provincial defense council; Lisara Corona Oliveros, president of the municipal defense council of Diez de Octubre; and Major General Ramón Pardo Guerra, head of the National Civil Defense Staff, were among the commanders and officers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

On Saturday morning, various activities were carried out in all defense zones of this populous Havana municipality as part of the increased preparedness of the population under the concept of the People’s War, reported the president of the municipal defense council.

In Tamarindo, a territorial defense exercise was conducted involving members of production and defense brigades and other formations. Medical drills were performed, work was done to prepare the military operations area and for the construction of public safety infrastructure, and the defense zone’s groups and subgroups received training.

Jorge Frómeta Fuentes, president of the defense zone, reported that activities planned before and during the exercise were conducted to ensure the vitality and readiness for war in the Tamarindo area, as part of combat preparation and cohesion.

The focus of the exercises was on completing the units participating in the defense of the area, such as the Territorial Troop Militias and the Defense Production Brigades. Fifty-eight young people from the territory were incorporated into Active Military Service as part of the current call-up.

The President of the National Defense Council recalled one of the cross-cutting concepts of the Doctrine of the War of the Entire People: that every Cuban has a role, a place, and a means to contribute to the defense. “We all need to know how we are expected to act in times of war,” he emphasized.

Díaz-Canel Bermúdez emphasized that the readiness for full defense must take into account the current situation facing the country, under the threat and increasing aggression of imperialism.

During the exercise, the president spoke with members of production and defense brigades who were participating in rifle assembly and disassembly, weapon proficiency, first aid training, and other activities.

The participants shared knowledge and skills acquired by millions of Cubans during decades of imperialist siege, now intensified, but before which the people will not yield, confident of victory. (RHC)