AR observes Vijay Diwas
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 16 2019:
In its continuous effort to guide the youth of the Nation to a better path, Mantripukhri Battalion of 9 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR(South) celebrated Vijay Diwas by organising an awareness cum career guidance programme on 'Know Your Armed Forces' at St Antony School, Muire today.
The event was organised by Yaingangpokpi COB of the Battalion to give young students an insight into the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles, said PRO, IGAR.
The event commenced with a motivational lecture on "Vijay Diwas" where in the attendees were informed about the importance of the day and glorious history and traditions of Indian Army and the Assam Rifles.
The lecture was followed by an interactive session in which the students were made aware on various types of entries to join the Indian Armed Forces as a career option.
The students were inspired by the glorious history of the Indian Armed Forces and were highly motivated to the join the forces.
As part of the event, new generation weapons and equipment being used by the Indian Armed Forces were also displayed.
The youth were motivated seeing the display and showed great curiosity regarding the technical know-how and functionality of the weapons and equipment.
All the attendees expressed profound gratitude to the Battalion for undertaking such an initiative and appreciated the continuous efforts and commitments of Assam Rifles in reaching out to the youth.