Kim Jong Un: "Fully Ready for War"... Poses for Photo with Company Commanders' Conference Participants

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un encouraged participants in the 3rd Conference of Company Commanders of the Korean People's Army and called for intensive training to ensure combat readiness.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 3rd Conference of Company Commanders of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on Oct. 22 and 23, and delivered a speech on "Building a Powerful Army in the New Era and the Duties of Company Commanders," the Korean Central News Agency reported on the 24th. Yonhap News Agency

North Korea's Korean Central News Agency and Rodong Sinmun reported on October 28 that Kim took a commemorative photo the previous day with participants in the conference. Pak Jong Chon, vice chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Military Commission, accompanied him. Defense Minister Kim Song Gi, Korean People's Army General Staff Chief Ri Yong Gil, First Deputy Director of the General Political Bureau Yu Kwang-u, service commanders and commanders of large combined units attended.

Kim said, "The foremost revolutionary duty of company commanders is to complete their units' preparations for combat so they are fully ready for war, and the way to achieve this is through a relentless and intensive training revolution."

He added, "You must demonstrate your loyalty to the Party and the revolution, the country and the people, as well as your organizational and command capabilities, through the proud achievement of turning your companies into strong formations of elite soldiers, each capable of taking on a hundred, filled with unwavering revolutionary conviction, patriotism and matchless heroic spirit, and possessing invincible combat power."

On the role company commanders should play in building a powerful military, Kim said it was "truly weighty, something that cannot be measured by their rank in the chain of command or the stars on their insignia." He added, "With company commanders who are steadfast in their revolutionary spirit, enthusiastic and dependable, the foundation of our armed forces will grow stronger, and the future of our cause to build a powerful military will be boundlessly bright."

The newspaper reported that Kim praised the contributions of company commanders, who are responsible for soldiers' lives and combat units, while asserting that the strength of the North Korean military lies in the companies' political and ideological power and combat capabilities.

North Korea held the 3rd Conference of Company Commanders in Pyongyang on October 22 and 23. A company is a basic combat unit of the North Korean military and a living base for soldiers. In his speech at the conference, Kim also called for ideological and spiritual purification and military and technical elite training across all army companies, urging ideological discipline and stricter order.

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