{"id":78580,"date":"2022-01-10T19:42:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T00:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/?p=78580"},"modified":"2022-07-09T23:06:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T03:06:14","slug":"historic-fbr-graduation-first-burman-teams-trained-and-largest-graduating-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2022\/01\/10\/historic-fbr-graduation-first-burman-teams-trained-and-largest-graduating-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic FBR Graduation: First Burman Teams Trained and Largest Graduating Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Historic FBR Graduation: First Burman Teams Trained and Largest Graduating Class<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3 January 2022<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Karen State, Burma<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

On 3 January 2022, 198 Rangers comprising 32 new Ranger teams and 30 advanced Rangers from nine ethnic groups, graduated the Free Burma Ranger Servant Leadership and Relief Team Training. This is the largest graduating class in FBR history as well as the first time FBR has trained teams of Burman ethnicity from the major cities of Burma. Since the 1 Feb 2021 coup, the Burman people have been standing together with the ethnic groups and against the Burma dictatorship and army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men and women Rangers were from the Arakan, Burman, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Pa-Oh, Po, Shan, and Tavoy areas of Burma. These new Ranger teams will go to help people displaced by new Burma Army attacks in three different areas now. People of different faiths joined the training and all are welcome. Ten of the Rangers became new followers of Jesus and were baptized at the end of the training. The training lasted three months and the first and last lessons are: love God, love and forgive each other, and don\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses taught:
\u2022 Ethnic Unity
\u2022 Leadership Principles
\u2022 Mule and Horse Packing
\u2022 Map Reading and Drawing
\u2022 Compass Reading
\u2022 Land Navigation
\u2022 GPS (Global Positioning System)
\u2022 Landmine Removal
\u2022 Swimming and Lifesaving
\u2022 Solar Power and Battery Management
\u2022 Human Rights Violations Recording and Reporting
\u2022 SALUTE Reporting
\u2022 General Reporting
\u2022 Video and Photography
\u2022 Medical Training
\u2022 Five Field Training Exercises
\u2022 Physical Training
\u2022 Rope Bridge Building
\u2022 Poncho Raft Use
\u2022 Rappelling
\u2022 Good Life Club Training<\/p>\n\n\n\n


There are three requirements for FBR team members: 1) They must be literate in at least one language for reporting and medical work. 2) They must have the physical and moral courage to be able to do physically hard and dangerous missions, and cannot run away from the enemy if the villagers they are helping cannot run. 3) They must do this work for love; they are not paid by FBR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teams will now be divided into three groups to go give help, hope, and love to people under attack. Once finished with the mission, they will return to their home areas, ready to conduct missions there. They will have learned and practiced many new skills to be able to help their people in any kind of crisis, as well as having gained new relationships of love across ethnic lines. Both these skills and relationships will be of vital importance as the Rangers serve those in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Practicing rope bridge crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rangers practice rescuing villagers during a village attack simulation exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Karen pastor Edmund leads prayer during the final exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Training in horse and mule packing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rappelling, swimming, and rope bridge training at the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of 10  Ranger\u2019s baptized by Karen Pastor Edmund.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Riding the flags at graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good Life Club program for children during the training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanks and God bless you , Dave, family and FBR<\/p>\n