Princess Leonor conducts first personal combat training exercise

On October 7 next year, the Princess of Asturias will take the oath under the flag with her classmates at the Zaragoza Military Academy, and her parents, the King, will definitely accompany her. Yesterday Monday, Cadet Ms. Borbón Ortiz received the officer’s saber, which represents courage, loyalty and, above all, honour, and today the Royal Family and the Ministry of Defense released the first photos of the Princess’s military training exercises. These are gunnery practice, combat trail passes, terrain routes, light steps and watercourse passes. In the basic military training stage, combatants begin to receive individual training, conduct moral and military training, and impart weapons and equipment knowledge. Through these exercises, His Highness has completed basic military training for a period of time,

This is common to all trainees.

This period in the life of the Princess of Asturias is very important because, like her father the King, it will mark her character. By experiencing military life first-hand, the princess will acquire the values ​​of effort, discipline and camaraderie that transcend military training. It is also important that the future Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces – and the first woman to hold this position in Spain – understands in detail the operations of the Army, which the Spanish people take more seriously every day, as everyone reiterates during the CIS year . The first year focuses on the Army, but there are two more years to learn about the Navy — including a visit to the USS Juan Sebastian Elcano training ship — and the Air and Space Forces.