Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTC&S) celebrated its 52nd Raising Day with great fervour. The day started with a \u201cMandir parade\u201d addressed by religious teachers of all major religions of the country, followed by a \u2018Special Sainik Sammelan\u201d and later by a Barakhana.\nAccording to a defence release, Brig D Anbu, SM, DIG, Commandant Assam Rifles Training Centre & School addressed all ranks of the Centre while speaking at the Special Sainik Sammelan wished all ranks a very happy and prosperous new year.
\nThe Commandant exhorted all ranks to put in their best efforts in maintaining the institution as one of the best training Centres of the country.
\nEmphasising that the Centre in the last 51 years, had achieved a lot in terms of expansion of infrastructure, providing need based training to young recruits and trained soldiers, he said that in the New Year, the centre have to look ahead and further improve our standards. \u201cThe task ahead is enormous and it would take time and effort to make the Centre a model training centre. Each individual is required to contribute with his might towards improving the ambience, infrastructure and training facilities in the Centre\u201d, he added.
\nThe Commandant further said that about ten thousand personnel of the Force undergo training at the Centre every year including recruits, trained soldiers and officers, and added \u201cWe are required to set very high standards in training, turn out and discipline. Since this will have a direct bearing on the standard of our troops, this necessitates us to be proactive and improve our standards further by keeping pace with time and technology\u201d.
\nOn conclusion of the Sainik Sammelan, Brig Anbu presented the \u2018Commandant\u2019s Banner\u2019 jointly to Lakhimpur Training Battalion and Sukhovi Training Battalion as these both battalions secured equal points in the events organised during 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"