Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez backed before military officers his proposed changes to the Constitution.

In his opinion, the draft constitutional reform will reinforce the national armed forces at all levels and will "lift the troops' standards of living by means of social security, good wages and housing plans," in addition to provision of equipment and training, Efe reported.

During a speech delivered for almost five hours at Fuerte Tiuna, Chávez delved into the changes intended to encourage military officers to discuss and make proposals to reinforce the new doctrine. He spoke also about the military organization included in the draft constitutional reform.

"I have proposed in the reform the organization of military militias (…) We will overhaul everything (…) I ask you to take part, to speed up the revolution inside the army and adapt ourselves to the new reality," said the ruler.

Like Vietnam and Iraq
Chávez asked the military officers to investigate how the peoples of Vietnam and Iraq managed to organize themselves and resist the empire's invasion.

He recommended battalion chiefs to partner with the people in order to set a strategy of ordinary war combined with guerrilla warfare.

"In every battalion we could create an intelligence unit to deploy in a specific area during peacetime or in a state of preparedness for the resistance war. A battalion could have a civilian-military logistic chain in each barrio. We could also create people's artillery units with these small rockets we are manufacturing," he reasoned.