It is the duty of every soldier to defend and, should it be necessary, also help his compatriots. He ought to give the lead with his unimpeachable conducts and ought to behave himself as a real citizen. Capitan Tigran Avetisyan – an officer of the RA Armed Forces – as a section commander, is serving in one of the artillery battalions in the region of Syunik.

After the working day Tigran heard noises in the area adjoining to his house. It turned out that there was a fire – resident of Goris Vahram Grigoryan’s house was burning, and three teenager children were left inside. Capitan Tigran Avetisyan rushed to the scene of actio and seeing that it was impossible to enter through the doors, he, without hesitating, broke the back window of the house, entered and following the voices of the children in the smoke, he brought out, unfortunately, only two of them – Mariam and Diana. In the thick smoke Tigran was not able to find the third child, who had a disablement from the birth: he was deaf and dumb. Some time later the house turned to ashes and only the metal carcass was left. This unfortunate family will never forget Capitan Tigran Avetisyan’s heroic deed. And every officer of the Armenian Army should follow Tigran’s example. For his selfless action Tigran Avetisyan has been presented by the Minister of Defence for a medal "For Courage".