Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- The elite combat ranks, who are consolidating in every way their matchless war capabilities in the vanguard of building a powerful army while powerfully demonstrating the noble name of a symbolic unit of the heroic Korean People's Army which has creditably carried forward the revolutionary spirit of Paektu and the tradition of invincibility, greeted the moment of glory to be shined forever in its history.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid a congratulatory visit to a combined unit under the KPA mechanized infantry division in the western area on April 25, the founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, and encouraged its officers and men.

The service personnel were full of great excitement and joy to have at their unit the Supreme Commander, whom they have been eager to see even in their dreams in the days of the glorious military service, on the significant day when the DPRK's revolutionary armed forces made the historic first stride with bayonets of self-reliance.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the headquarter of the combined unit, all its officers and men broke into stormy cheers of "Hurrah!" with the highest respect for him, the iron-willed commander who is ushering in a new era of building a rich country with a strong army in which the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered with arms and its steady advance are reliably guaranteed by the strongest military strength.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted on the spot by commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK including Minister No Kwang Chol and the military and political commanding officers of the KPA mechanized infantry division in the western area and its combined units.

Officers presented fragrant bouquets to Comrade Kim Jong Un, reflecting the unanimous reverence of all the service personnel for him.

Comrade Kim Jong Un laid a bouquet at the monument to field guidance of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung standing in the unit and paid tribute to it.

He visited the revolutionary museum after looking round with deep emotion the monuments to the sacred exploits of the peerlessly great men in leading the army.

He said that the mechanized group with its sacred name and its subordinate units are the glorious ranks organized under the deep trust of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung hoping that they would take the lead in the vanguard of the whole army in reliably defending the Party and the revolution, the country and the people by carrying forward the brilliant traditions of the anti-Japanese war. The proud history of the anti-Japanese guerrillas who won only victories is reflected in the names of units, he added.

The combined unit is situated in the historic place where the slogan of defending the Party Central Committee unto death was put up first in the entire army and the Red Flag Company Movement started, he said, adding this is the first place where the faith of our revolutionary armed forces to preserve the ideological lineage and carry it forward took roots.

It is our Party's invariable idea of building a powerful army and its outlook on war that making soldiers ideologically elite is a treasured sword for invincibility, he said, stating that the only army strong in ideology, always aware of its linage and root, can resolutely contain and frustrate any formidable enemy.

Stressing that the combined unit, intensively associated with the chronicle of guidance of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung and the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il over the Party's army, should be a model of the entire army in conducting the political and ideological work for soldiers and perfecting combat preparedness in conformity with its characteristics and position, he clarified the tasks to this end.

Comrade Kim Jong Un had a photo, to be recorded forever in the army-building history, taken with all the officers and men of the brigade significantly greeting the founding anniversary of the KPRA.

On the same day, he watched sports games with the service personnel of the unit.

The service personnel were full of boundless joy, pride and excitement as they significantly spent the happy holiday in the presence of the Supreme Commander.

All those officers and men, who received great affection and the highest honor of having Comrade Kim Jong Un at their unit on the significant day when the historic roots of our revolutionary armed forces were taken, pledged to creditably carry forward the sacred mission, ideal and indomitable fighting spirit of the army-founding generation and thus add shine to the KPA's glorious history of victory. -0-