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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit

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

   Pyongyang, August 2 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA Unit 136.
    He acquainted himself with the unit's performance of duty before watching its servicepersons in military training.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the unit to boost its combat capability, expressing satisfaction over the fact that its commanding officers and soldiers have put the training on a regular basis as required by the WPK's policy of military training and all of them have thus grown to be a-match-for-a hundred fighters.
    Noting that all the servicepersons could acquire high military technique and combat capability as the unit has paid primary attention to the training, he added that intensifying the military training provides a sure guarantee for increasing the combat capability of the unit.
    He watched servicepersons having a meeting to congratulate exemplary soldiers in their outdoor resting place.
    Highly praising them for holding the meeting in a peculiar manner, he gave a pep-talk to them who are glorifying every moment of their military service with shining feats in order to become young heroes in the Songun era ready to dedicate even their youth and lives to the country without hesitation like Hero Ri Su Bok.
    The KPA is conducting diverse political work in a unique way best suited to the psychological peculiarities of soldiers, he noted, underscoring the need to steadily intensify the ideological education in order to train all of them to be strong in idea and faith.
    Then he took deep care of soldiers' service and living, making the rounds of an educational room, bed-room, mess hall, wash-cum-bath house, non-staple food store and entertainment, cultural and supply service facilities.
    Calling on the commanding officers of the unit to make tenacious efforts to provide the soldiers with good living conditions, he indicated ways to do so.
    He gave the servicepersons of the unit a pair of binoculars, a machine gun and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a photo session with them.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.