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SHAN STATE – The Inle People’s Defence Force (IPDF) under the NUG Ministry of Defence, Southern Shan State, Central Military Region 3, reportedly held its 1st anniversary of founding Battalion-1009 and the graduation ceremony of military training batch 5 / 2023, as announced on September 11.
Inle PDF Battalion 1109 celebrated its 1st founding anniversary on Monday, September 11, briefly with the alliance battalions, officials, and members at the second line (rear).
During the ceremony, the message sent from the National Unity Government’s Ministry of Defence was read out, the background of the formation of the Inlay PDF Battalion-1009 and their battleground experiences were shared and words of encouragement to fight against the resistance war against the junta regime were said by the officials.
Then, the Air Force CDM soldier who is in the Inle People’s Defence Battalion was awarded a hero’s record for his 2-year resistance sent by the MOD. Moreover, the Good Discipline Award, the Bravery Award, and the Obedience Award of the year were given to the outstanding soldiers of the 1009th Battalion and the new trainees were also awarded according to the scoring during their training.