ATTESTATION PARADE FOR RAJ RIF RECRUITS

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Three hundred and forty two recruits, undergoing training at the RAJPUTANA RIFLES REGIMENTAL Centre Delhi Cantt became Infantry soldiers after the ATTESTATION PARADE, held at the Raj Rif Centre this morning. The Attestation Parade was reviewed by Lt General Raj Kadyan, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Training & Coordination), who is also the Colonel of the Rajputana Rifles.

Medals for outstanding achievements in training and Sports were also awarded to the young "Riflemen" by the Chief Guest. The Parade culminated with laying of wreath by the Colonel of Regiment at the Memorial. After the attestation Parade these young soldiers left for their respective battalions most of them deployed in Jammu & Kashmir and Op Prakram.

Later addressing the officers, JCOs and other ranks of the Regiment, General Raj Kadyan called upon each one present to keep the traditions of the Regiment high by following the traditions of valour and sacrifice. He handed over the baton of the "Colonel of Regiment" to Maj Gen Rakesh Dass, AVSM, SM, VSM, who has taken over as Colonel of Regiment from Lt Gen Kadyan as he retires today after putting in distinguished service of about four decades in uniform.