Pasqualini, head of the army: "Women have the opportunity to enter and fill any role"

His training probably helped to be concrete in the presentation. Lieutenant General Claudio PasqualiniChief of Staff of the Army since February of last year, addressed the Rotary club where he spoke about several key issues: the role of women in the armed forces, Malvinas , the presence of the army in northern Argentina to prevent crimes such as drug trafficking and the restructuring of the force under his responsibility and cybercrime.

One by one, with brief explanations, Pasqualini developed the current vision and mission of the army. During the presentation, the secretary of the club Buenos Aires, Juan Javier Negri, He recalled that there were two former military presidents and members of Rotary who came to the presidents in different ways. He did not give their names but it was referring to Agustín P. Justo (1932-1938) and José Uriburu (1930-1932), who led a coup against Hipólito Yrigoyen.

"Women have the opportunity to be part of the force and play the role that they want"said the general who described how areas requiring increased physical preparation are integrated, such as cavalry, for example. "They fill all the roles, there is no limit to the women to accomplish combat missions"he said as he stepped out of the scene and after talking about the war in the south of the country, there were some who talked about the women who went to the islands in 1982.

Among the questions Rotarians who attend every Wednesday at the weekly lunch and listen to the speakers of "Hacer for Argentina", the war against the Malvinas has aroused great interest. Clara Mariño asked him how the Argentines against whom they had fought in 1982 were confronted and he replied: "The army feels that the country has recognized the courage of those who have fought in the Falklands, and I see it as an Argentinian and not just an army, and year after year recognition for Falklands fighters is increased. , especially in recent years. " He added that he was convinced that this recognition would continue to grow: "They did not have it when they returned from the islands, but we perfected this recognition, it will continue to increase and reach a greater recognition ".

Among the generations in which military service was obligatory, some of those present wanted to know what Lieutenant-General Pasqualini was thinking about it, if he would revive it. "It's a matter of political decision, just like the political decision to close"he envisioned.

Optimistic, Pasqualini also positively evaluated the link between the armed forces and society, highlighted the role of peacekeeping missions abroad and described how the restructuring is underway. He added that they should "debureaucratise" the army, make it "more efficient" and "optimize the means and resources". He spoke about the continuation of the conversion process and predicts its end by the end of the year. The second step, he advanced, it will be the "renovation of equipment and the relocation of certain elements" on what has not missed details since we are studying how to do it.

As for the new times, revealed that you want to "pay special attention to the cyber domain" and that most armies generate elements to operate in this area, especially in the field of defense.