Kim Jong Un acknowledged the enthusiastic cheers and sent warm greetings to battalion commanders and political instructors dedicating their wisdom, energies and passion to preparing servicepersons politically and militarily and building their dear old homes, being the masters for strengthening battalions and twin pillars of battalions.

He congratulated the participants on their successful meeting with a high sense of political awareness and revolutionary enthusiasm, saying that the third meeting in the history of army building offered a significant landmark in bringing about a heyday of increasing the military power by beefing up the political and military might of the battalions in every way under the banner of modeling the entire army on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism.

Kim Jong Un expressed the expectation and belief that the battalion commanders and political instructors would fulfill their honorable mission and duty in the work for building the battalions into the elite combat ranks and dear homes linking with the yard of the Central Committee of the Party as intended by it before having a photo session with them.

He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Hyon Yong Chol, Ri Yong Gil, Kim Won Hong, Pyon In Son, So Hong Chan, Pak Yong Sik, Ryom Chol Song, Jo Kyong Chol and other KPA commanding officers and those of the services and corps-level units of the KPA.