Months of practice for moment of honor

Whatever their rank, service members vow to honor PLA flag and war veterans on 70th anniversary of victory

For 40-year-old Sergeant Major Ding Hui, being in Tian'anmen Square on Sept 3 does not only mean that he will take part in a national military parade for the third time.

"Compared with my past two parade experiences, in 1999 and 2009, this coming parade has more meaning to me and probably to all of my fellow comrades-in-arms," the veteran tank driver from the People's Liberation Army's 38 Combined Corps said.