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Kim Jong Il inspects Command of KPA Unit 946

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, December 9 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected the Command of KPA Unit 946 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th regiment. He went round the room devoted to the history of the unit, guided by the commander of the unit.
    The unit has performed shining exploits in the defence of the country and socialist construction, he said, underscoring the need for the servicepersons of the unit to preserve and develop this brilliant tradition and thus demonstrate its might as an invincible contingent.
    He dropped in at the operation commanding room to learn about the unit's performance of duty. He praised the servicepersons of the unit for performing their combat duties in a responsible manner, keeping themselves in a tense and mobilized posture.
    Going round the military lecture room, he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the unit is preparing all its commanding officers as able ones fully capable of skillfully organizing and commanding any difficult operations and combats by building a modern military lecture room and organizing effective trainings to boost the operation commanding ability and fully devoting creative wisdom and energies to putting training on a scientific basis.
    He acquainted himself with how the political work is conducted among its servicepersons, making the rounds of the servicepersons' hall, library, video-recording and VCR and CD room and other entertainment and educational facilities.
    Praising the unit for having made its servicepersons enthusiastic readers, he called for encouraging them to read a lot of books of various kinds so as to more firmly arm them with the WPK's revolutionary idea and steadily improve their cultural attainment.
    He learned about how the unit has created a thick woodland and greenery, walking round the compound of the barracks kept neat and tidy to demonstrate the majestic appearance of a regular armed force.
    He highly appreciated the patriotic devotion displayed by the servicepersons of the unit, greatly pleased to learn that they planted trees in the compound of the barracks and on the nearby mountains covering more than a hundred hectares and tended them with good care, thus creating a thick forest with ardent patriotism.
    He took deep care of the servicepersons' living, looking round supply service facilities of the unit.
    He highly praised the commanding officers and soldiers of the unit for having upheld the party's Songun policy with loyalty, noting that the unit has done a lot of things in all aspects including the strengthening of its combat capability and management.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Hwang Pyong So.