 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alexander Tanev akaberekerwa muVeles, ipapo muHumambo hweOttoman. Musi waOctober 17, 1880, akanyoresa muBulgaria Land Forces. Muna 1883 akapedza kudzidza mukirasi yechina yeVasil Levski National Military University muSofia. Musi waAugust 30, 1883, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri uye akanyoresa muLife Guards Squadron. Munguva yeSerbo-Bulgarian Hondo muna 1885 aive mutungamiri weplatoon yakajairwa yechikwata uye zvakateerana zvakajairika zveMuchinda Alexander Battenberg, asi akazojoinha squadron yake munhandare yehondo ndokutora chikamu muhondo dzeSlivnitsa, Tsaribrod nePirot. 