215th Tank Brigade receives First Class Fatherland Protection Medal

Attending the ceremony were Major General Vu Manh Tri - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Armored Corps; Brigade leaders, former Brigade officers, and leaders of the authorities of Quynh Chau, Quynh Tam, and Tan Son communes.

Major General Vu Manh Tri awarded the First Class Fatherland Protection Medal to Tank Brigade 215. Photo: Thanh Toan

The 215th Tank Regiment (the predecessor of today's 215th Tank Brigade) was established on April 10, 1973, during the fierce period of the resistance war against the US to save the country, with the mission of being a strategic mobile reserve unit of the Ministry of National Defense, directly under the Armored Command.

The birth of the 215th Tank Regiment reflects a new development step of the Tank Corps, demonstrating the trust of the Party, State and Army in the Armored Force in combined arms operations.

Since its establishment, the Brigade has always completed all assigned tasks excellently, and has always been one of the leading units in the emulation movement of the Corps in terms of combat readiness, training, discipline training, preservation of weapons and technical equipment, construction of bases, maintaining political stability in the stationed area, as well as helping localities develop the economy.

The unit was awarded many noble prizes by the Party and State:

- First Class Resistance Medal, Second Class Military Exploit Medal;

- Title "Hero of the armed forces in the renovation period";

- The Ministry of National Defense awarded the flag of Excellent Training Unit for many consecutive years;

- In 2016, the Prime Minister awarded the emulation flag;

- In 2017, the Ministry of National Defense awarded the flag of the leading unit in the emulation movement in the entire army...

The 45-year journey of building, fighting and growing of the Brigade is a solid foundation for the unit to aim for further goals.

To maintain and promote the above achievements, each officer and soldier of the Brigade needs to promote the spirit of solidarity, be positive, proactive, creative in work, and strictly abide by discipline.

In particular, the unit needs to pay attention to improving the quality of training in the direction of "Basic, practical, solid", closely linking technical training with tactical training; taking technical training as the basis, tactical training as the center. Combining training with discipline training and physical training...

Major General Vu Manh Tri - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Armored Corps spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Toan

Attending and speaking at the ceremony, Major General Vu Manh Tri - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Armored Corps acknowledged the achievements, progress and maturity of the 215th Tank Brigade.

At the same time, he hoped that in the new revolutionary period, the Brigade would continue to uphold the good qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" and the tradition of "Once in battle, we must win" of the Armored Corps, promote the emulation movement Determined to Win, strive to build a clean and strong Party organization associated with building a strong and comprehensive unit; contribute with the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to successfully implement the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress, firmly build and protect the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

Delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Toan

Authorized by the President, Major General Vu Manh Tri also awarded the First Class Fatherland Protection Medal, a noble award that the Party and State have bestowed on the 215th Tank Brigade for its many outstanding achievements in recent times.

On this occasion, on the evening of April 7-9, the 215th Tank Brigade organized mass art exchange programs with the theme "45 years under the flag of victory" with songs praising the Party, Uncle Ho and the tradition of the Vietnam People's Army, including the 45-year tradition of the 215th Tank Brigade./.