July 20, 2017 | 22:23 (GMT+7)
MR 2 opens sports festival for its scouts
PANO – Scout Battalion 20 of the Staff of Military Region 2 kicked off the 2017 Sports Festival for its scout force on July 19.
A martial arts performance at the festival
During the three-day event, 150 athletes, who are commanders and members of scout teams of Battalion 20 and scout companies from nine different provinces in the region, will compete in four categories, namely K54 pistol shooting lesson 2, fighting and arresting enemy troops, sand table building, and mission planning and reporting.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Major General Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of Military Region 2, stressed that the event aimed at evaluating military abilities and professional competence of the military region’s scout force in order to improve their capabilities of fulfilling assigned tasks.
Translated by Trung Thanh