Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the 5 October, the day of the foundation of the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ("People's Security Armed Forces"), the predecessor of the TNI, in 1945, itself a replacement for the "Badan Keamanan Rakyat" ("People's Security Corps") established on 29 August on the same year. Military parades are held nationwide in major cities and provincial capitals in honor of the TNI's serving men and women and military veterans. Rouz-e Artesh (English: "Army Day") is celebrated on 18 April, the establishment day of the army. Iraqi Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 6 January, and marks the anniversary of the
Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army as the "March of the Liberation Army" () during the second Chinese Civil War. The lyrics were re-edited by the General Political Department in 1951 and the song renamed to "March of the Chinese PLA" in 1965. On July 25, 1988, the Central Military Commission decided to use the song as the official anthem of the People's Liberation Army. A variant form of the song called "Parade March of the PLA" () is used as the main theme of the marching of formative military parade, such as that in Chinese National Day military parade. From 1949 onwards, this has been