The leadership, staff, Junkers, and students of the David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy of Georgia gathered to honor the memory of the heroes who lost their lives in the Russian-Georgian war. Brigadier General Mamia Balakhadze, the Rector of the National Defence Academy, laid a wreath at the heroes' memorial within the Academy. The Academy's chaplain, Dean Davit Kasradze, conducted a solemn funeral service in remembrance of the fallen Georgian soldiers.