Havana, Dec 1st. - The yacht approached the coasts of Las Coloradas and the first to throw itself into the water was Fidel. The annoying mangrove and mud sinking over and over again to the 82 expeditionaries did not grieve anyone. It was the morning of December 2, 1956. And although the enemy fire surprised them early, nothing prevented the olive green course of history.
Five years later, after the triumph of the Revolution and in homage to the landing of the Granma - undoubtedly one of the most challenging gestas of the guerrilla struggle - the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) officially emerged, which have been a paradigm of discipline, fidelity, sacrifice and unity for a people also uniformed with their most glorious lined line.
Victorious internationalist missions, strategic military exercises in the face of every provocation of the enemy, the creation of the Militias of Territorial Troops and of a Youth Labour Army, to be an armed body capable of contributing to the economy without ever neglecting the security of the nation, are just some traces of the FAR, which today are involved in another transcendental combat.
In these days of November and December, their pilots, soldiers, officers and how much squad or platoon it takes to save lives in the midst of cyclones and floods, as well as in the subsequent conditioning of bridges, houses and cities, have been vital. It is another yacht that approached, and like Fidel, we all throw ourselves at the water, in pursuit of a fuller Cuba.
The FAR, on their anniversary, their fighters and civilian workers and all their epics, owe more than a chronicle. Together we follow the path of a more prepared and convinced country that the first way to win any war is to have the capacity to prevent it. (Trabajadores Digital Newspaper) (Photo: Archive)