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RSS KATHMANDU, Jan. 1: Foreign service medals and cash prizes graciously bestowed by His Majesty the King were given away to all ranks of the third, fourth and final batches of the second contingent Gorakh Bahadur Battalion (peace-keeping force) which returned home recently from peace-keeping duty in Sierra Leone, at an investiture ceremony at the Tribhuvan Army Officers' Club, Ganesh Dal Grounds, today by Field Marshal Neer Shumsher JBR. A total of 401 army personnel, including officers, JCO's and other ranks received the medals at the investiture ceremony.Field Marshal JBR also gave away the foreign service medal to Major General Chitra Bahadur Gurung, who has returned home from New York after completing a two year assignment as military advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa and other officers were also present on the occasion. Other Stories |
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