KHULNA: The Commanders Conference and the fifth reunion of Army Service Core (ASC) and Remount Veterinary and Farm Corps (RVFC)-2015 parade was held here yesterday, reports BSS. Security Adviser to the Prime Minister Major General (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique attended as chief guest the ceremony on Shaheed Lt Col Anwar Parade ground at Zahanabad Cantonment in Khulna. Army Chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq and senior officials of Army Headquarters and different in service and retired officials of ASC and RVFC, among others, attended the function. The chief guest congratulated the ASC and RVFC for their outstanding performance in the service related to national security and prosperity.
He called upon them to build their aptitude through implementing the knowledge that they acquired from the ASC and RVFC in their work. Recollecting the spirit and sacrifice of the freedom fighters, the security adviser urged the army men to go ahead with determination to defend the independence and sovereignty of the country at any cost. The chief guest said the ASC was formed with freedom fighters on March 11 in 1972 and it has achieved outstanding feat in the army. The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the National Flag to the ASC on November 4 in 1999, he said. Earlier, the chief guest reviewed a smartly turned out parade and took salute at the march past.