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The ceremony for decoration of the fighting flag of the 151st Infantry Battalion “Razboieni” with the Military Virtue Order in Grade of Knight with Sign for the Military will be organized in Iasi Friday June 25, 04 at 10.00 hours in the presence of the President of Romania, Mr. Ion Iliescu, the minister of National Defence Ioan Mircea Pascu and chief of the Romanian General Staff, General Mihail Popescu.
The decoration is based on the Decree no. 353 from May 20, 2004 for special results in training for combat and for action within the international missions. In January 2004 the Battalion returned from Afghanistan where acted for six months within the “ENDURING FREEDOM” operation.
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