📋 Tender Overview
Young people from all over the country find in this service the beginning of a future where vocation, education and love for Peru become the most valuable victory.Voluntary Military Service not only trains soldiers, but also citizens committed to the future of the country. Young people from different regions of Peru have found in this experience an opportunity to grow, discover new skills and open a path full of possibilities and, today, many of them are moving towards a professional future with the tools that their homeland gave them.
As an example, a button. Brayan Jesus Melgar Castillo is a graduate of the Armed Forces who served his country in the Army, precisely in the Field Artillery Group No. 113, in Tacna. Before enlisting, he worked in different agricultural companies in his native Ica and, currently, thanks to the benefits provided by military service and the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec), he is studying Psychology at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
What drove me to serve my country was learning the discipline, courage, and values that come with being a soldier. They instilled in me the power that the mind has over the body, the fact of insisting, trying, and taking advantage of opportunities, he says.
With the same desire to improve, Evelyn Huarcaya Basilio found her way when she served in the unit of the Command Company No. 21 of the Rafael Hoyos Rubio barracks, in Rimac. When he turned 17, like many young people, he found out about the Armys first call through social networks, and without thinking twice, he decided to enroll after evaluating the opportunities that would open up to him.
If you never lose hope or perseverance, you can achieve any goal you set for yourself. I highlight the support of my company, my captain, my technician, my officers, because they gave me the benefit of being able to study and the facilities to take my exams, recalls the future psychologist, also a scholarship recipient, thanks to her efforts, from the State scholarship program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Cesar Flores Barrientos is another young Army graduate who one day decided to pursue his dreams and leave his native Marcabamba, in Ayacucho, to serve his country. Today he continues to serve as a reenlisted sergeant in the Chalaca Guard Special Forces Battalion No. 40, of the First Special Forces Brigade.
Since school I already had the vocation to wear the uniform and belong to the ranks of the Armed Forces. I also researched all the benefits that military service gave, such as applying to the training school, the Institute of the Armed Forces and also what interested me the most was the 18 Scholarship, he recalls.
Like his companions, Cesar highlights the discipline, respect and honesty instilled in his military training. Thanks to that recipe, he successfully applied for a scholarship to study Accounting at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC).
On the other hand, motivated by the desire to serve her country, Ada Lorena Gozar Blas saw in the Armed Forces a way of life that she wanted to follow when, during the pandemic, she witnessed how the military supported the population. That scene prompted her to enlist in the Navy and, far from her native Huancayo, she served in the Naval Submarine Station Command, in Callao.
I invite young people to carry out their Voluntary Military Service, since it not only offers us comprehensive training, but also gives us opportunities to move forward. If they decide to stay, the service gives us a discount on applying to the Army Technical School, and if they wish to retire, they can apply for the 18 Scholarship through the Armed Forces modality, says the young woman who is currently studying with a scholarship a degree in Administration and Finance at the UPC.
The testimonies of Brayan, Evelyn, Cesar or Ada remind us that wearing the uniform not only means serving with honor, but also discovering a path to improvement. They are proof that the country, when embraced with conviction, gives back opportunities.
We can all serve the country
Voluntary Military Service is a form of incorporation into the Armed Forces aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old who, freely and voluntarily, decide to serve the country. During their stay, graduates receive comprehensive training that combines discipline, civic values and military preparation.
In addition to contributing to national security and defense, the State provides them with specific benefits such as food, clothing, health insurance, economic support, facilities to complete secondary education, access to technical training programs and the possibility of applying for higher education scholarships, both in institutes and universities.
Likewise, they also obtain greater opportunities to enter the National Police, the Army, Navy or Air Force professionally.
