Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.

A tactical exercise of a reinforced tank company was carried out in the polygon of the city of Puerto Padre, belonging to the Eastern Army (EO, in Spanish), as part of the Bastion 2024 Strategic Exercise, which was developed in Cuba to train the management and command bodies and the troops.

Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.- In the northern municipality, soldiers and officers of the so-called Señor Ejército, participated in actions to put the troops in complete combat readiness, which involved infantry, exploration and communications platoons, and anti-aircraft artillery batteries and 120-millimeter mortars, in addition to the fire support of the aviation.

Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.

The maneuver was presided over by Brigadier General José Antonio Sánchez Fabré, head of the commission of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Chief of Staff of the EO Brigadier General Florencio Navas Guevara, who extended his congratulations to the participants.

He said that the combat actions were positive, including the direction of the exercise and the masking, exploration, and communications measures, which -on this occasion- have the use of drones, an important element that is incorporated into the armed struggle.

Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.During his exchange with the troops, Navas Guevara pointed out that Bastion 2024 has shown the enemy that Cubans are ready to face a possible military aggression against the country, and noted that battles are fought every day, and in various scenarios, against unconventional warfare, subversión, and false accusations at the international level.

For his part, Major Yandris Rosado Ribeaux, head of a tank battalion and responsible for the maneuver, stressed that the activity allowed young officers to develop the command of small units and prepare sergeants and soldiers in the Active Military Service.

From the 22nd until Friday, training and preparation of the different groups and subgroups in charge of maintaining the vitality of society during the transition to a state of war were carried out in the Military Region of Las Tunas.

The organization and training of small units, the equipment of personnel, the planning of missions by the leaders, the preparation of the technique and weapons, and the combat cohesion of the troops were other actions developed in the territory.

Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.

Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.

Bastión 2024 Strategic Exercise in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.