Once upon a time …
As I stand watch….Capt Malik is ready to lead his troops dressed in white over the icy waste.
Ardas before the long march.
#Siachen#SikhLI#Infantry
I remember one conversation when a war veteran told me, he didn't send his Lieutenant in a patrol even after orders from the CO because he was very tall and could be easily visible to the enemy.
Making Indian Army Proud:
Maj Prabhat Mishra of 22 KUMAON passed out as a distinguished graduate of US Army Comd and Gen Staff College, Fort Leavenworth with max awards to his name.
- Birrer Brooks Award for Best Masters of Mil Arts and Science Thesis. The thesis was titled 'India's Pursuit of Military Strategic Autonomy in a Multipolar World'. First Indian officer to win this award since 1948.
- Douglas MacArthur Military Leadership Award. First Indian to receive this feat.
- Golden Pen for scholarly contributions during the course.
- Overall graduated in top 1 percentile of the course with an order of merit of 4 out of 1185 mil offrs (Incl 129 international officers from 93 countries).
Well done!
Jai Hind.
After 23 and a half years of flying in the IAF, I finished 10 years of flight testing in HAL yesterday. Tough times but happy that I could survive 5500 flying hours on combat and experimental aircraft of all kinds.
The “aeroplane” has to be towed by a truck because there presumably isn’t enough fuel for it to fly. This is what Modi has reduced a once proud nation to.