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King Address to The Future of Bhutan -to the Gyalsups

 28 June 2025

The first cohort of the 2025 Gyalsung batch successfully completed their three-month National Service training today. Passing Out Parades (POP) were held simultaneously at the four Gyalsung Academies in Pemathang, Gyalpozhing, Khotokha, and Jamtsholing.
His Majesty The King graced the Passing Out Parade in Pemathang, Samdrup Jongkhar, and addressed Gyalsups across all four academies.
His Majesty thanked the Gyalsups and their families for their unwavering support and enthusiasm for the programme, and the Armed Forces for their hard work and dedication to make the training a success.
His Majesty also thanked the Government of India, the Indian Army, and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, for their continued support, which has enabled Gyalsung to grow into the institution it was envisioned to be.

His Majesty spoke to the Gyalsups about the strategies we must employ as a small landlocked nation to achieve our aspirations.
"A single bee may be just an insect, but a hive, moving with discipline and purpose, is a force to be reckoned with. Bees that move together in a swarm cannot be taken for granted. They punch above their weight, and command respect," His Majesty said. "Hives are adaptive, resilient, agile and swift. They think together, act together, work together. The hive strategy will determine our success."
His Majesty said that since we are 700,000 people in a world of 8 billion, we must be exceptionally unique.
"If the world around us is becoming less trusting, we must become trustworthy. If unkindness, selfishness and corruption are on the rise, we must embody kindness and integrity. If there's a lack of collaboration, coordination, inertia— if there is red tape, bureaucracy, institutional paralysis, then we reverse-engineer it. We are a hardworking, pragmatic, sensible, and united people. The smartest thing to do is to leverage on who we are and who we want to become. That's how you stand out," His Majesty said.
His Majesty told the Gyalsups that everything that is being done—from the Gyalsung programme to national investments—is for the youth, so they are prepared, empowered, and able to succeed.
His Majesty reminded the Gyalsups that the road ahead would not be easy, but this is our only opportunity to shape the future our extraordinary country deserves.
"Our future generations deserve nothing but the best. We are going to offer them a secure home—one they can always feel proud of. That responsibility, for better or for worse, falls on our generation," His Majesty said.

A total of 2,639 young men and women completed the training, including 56 individuals who returned from overseas—Australia, India, Thailand, and the United States—to take part. With their completion, the total number of trained Gyalsups has reached 6,330, including the two cohorts of the 2024 batch.

The integrated training program included Basic Military Training—such as physical fitness, obstacle courses, and weapon handling—along with sessions on national education, Bhutanese history, domestic security, Choesay Layrim, and leadership development.
Gyalsung, Bhutan’s National Service, is a constitutional duty of every citizen, enshrined in Article 8.1. It was announced by His Majesty The King on Bhutan’s 112th National Day in 2019 as a visionary initiative to empower young Bhutanese to contribute meaningfully to the nation’s peace, unity, and progress.
Gyalsups from earlier cohorts have already served in national projects and international relief efforts, including the humanitarian mission to assist earthquake-hit communities in Myanmar in March 2025.


My Say:

As I read carefully through each line of HM's address to our Gyalsups, few things really struck me hard. The unprecedented care of His Majesty to Bhutan and Bhutanese, to his nation, it's nothing more like it. Wisdom of His Majesty is more vast than the size and depth of the ocean, and I wish there is anyone more concerned for his people. The energy and passion of His Majesty is over the universe and to be and have such a level is extraordinary.

I wish each one of us, every single Bhutanese must acquire the ability and goodness like His Majesty. Therefore, this is a moment for us to think, reflect and work hand in hand for the future of Bhutan.

We are lucky in so many ways to be a BHUTANESE!

Thank you, your Majesty for so a beautiful and eye opening wisdom.


Photo: HM Addressing to our Gyalsups


Photo: Our Gyalsup in making


Photo: Parent, both old and young 


Declaimer: This speech and photographs are copied for the purpose of my future reference from the official FB page of His Majesty. 
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