New Delhi: After cricketer Kapil Dev, it’s now the turn of Malayalam superstar Mohan Lal to don the Army’s o l ive - g re e n uniform. The actor will be joining the Territorial Army (TA), the part-time citizen’s force which functions as a ‘vital adjunct’ to the regular Army, on Thursday. Army chief General Deepak Kapoor will be pinning the Ashoka Lion and star on Mohan Lal’s shoulders, at a ceremony in South Block, to signify the actor’s new rank of an ‘honorary’ Lt-Colonel. The actor will be joining the 122 Infantry Battalion (TA) of Madras Regiment or ‘Kannur Terriers’. Under the TA system, citizens can volunteer for ‘part-time military service’while pursuing their regular professions during peace-time. In the event of national emergencies, they may be called upon to become ‘fulltime’ personnel to act in a supporting role to regular Army units deployed to meet the country’s defence and internal security requirements. TNN
((TOI-09/07/2009))
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