Ceremony of KPA Officers and Men Held

Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of officers and men of the Army, Navy, Air and Anti-Air Force, Strategic Force and Special Operation Force of the Korean People's Army was held at the plaza of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun Friday to pay deep respects to the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and to pledge loyalty to the respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the Day of the Sun. Present there were KPA Vice Marshal Kim Jong Gak, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, KPA Vice Marshal Ri Myong Su, chief of the KPA General Staff, Army General Pak Yong Sik, minister of the People's Armed Forces of the DPRK, and other KPA commanding officers. Kim Jong Gak made a speech of paying deep respects to the great Generalissimos and pledging loyalty to the respected Supreme Commander. The speaker expressed the pledge of faith and will of all the servicepersons to hold Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in high esteem for all ages and discharge their duty as the army of the Party and the pillar and main force of revolution and reliably defend the socialist country by intensifying the combat and political training under the guidance of Kim Jong Un. Then there was a march-past. -0-