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55th anniversary of the
National Revolutionary Militias
The
National Revolutionary Militias
were created on
October 30, 1960,
in response to the peoples´ need to prepare
militarily defend the Revolution.
On October 23, the 55th anniversary of the National
Revolutionary Militias (MTT) – officially October 26
- was celebrated in a cultural-political act in the
José Martí Technical Military Institute, which has
been decorated with Antonio Maceo and Carlos J.
Finlay Orders. During the ceremony Lieutenant
Ernesto Marcos López, squad leader of the MTT 120
Battalion, commented on the organizations historic
roots with the formation of the Malagones and later
its development and decisive role in the battle of
Playa Girón, serving the country wherever it has
needed them.
In the name of the present and future generations
Marcos promised to exert all efforts to ensure that
the country’s struggle remains the most complete
expression of the Cuban Military Doctrine, as the
“guarantor of the nation’s military invincibility
and safety of the homeland.”
Division General, Roberto Legrá Sotolongo, director
of the General Máximo Gómez Academy of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Antonio Maceo
Order, recalled how the first and emblematic squad
of militias - the Malagones - was formed.
The ceremony was presided by members of the
Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee;
General Álvaro López Miera, first vice minister of
the FAR and head of General staff; and Mercedes
López Acea, a vice president of the Council of State
and first secretary of the Party Provincial
Committee in Havana
Among the invited guests was the accredited
Diplomatic Military Body, in addition to members of
the militia, students from Camilo Cienfuegos
military academies, and representatives from FAR
higher education institutions.
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