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1 The MVC recipients: Brig (later Maj Gen) HS Kler and (right) Brig (later Lt Gen) Anand Sarup.
Lt Col Dilbag Singh Dabas (Retd)
Chakra awards are associated with the bravery displayed in the face of the enemy. During war, the senior-level commanders’ primary role is planning of operations based on overall strategy and for that they need not be personally facing the enemy. They perform the most challenging tasks by formulating operational plans sufficiently simple and flexible for the junior commanders and leaders to execute.
A military operation seldom proceeds as planned because the enemy’s reaction can never be factored in since his representative wouldn’t be on board while planning. During execution, the senior commanders follow minute-to-minute progress of the battle and should the execution get stalled or even boomerangs, take on-the-spot decisions to ensure success. They are not just responsible but also accountable for the successes as well as failures. By
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Lieutenant General DP Pandey has been appointed at the General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Prior to this, he was serving as the first ever Director General Territorial Army at Army Headquarters.
He took over command from Lt Gen BS Raju who has moved to Army Headquarters as Director General Military Operations in place of Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has taken charge as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (strategy).
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Pandey was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry in December 1985 and has held various command and staff appointments, including General Officer Commanding of the Kilo Force that is responsible for counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir Valley. He also served as a Military Observer in Cambodia.
J&K youth to work hard to achieve their goals: GOC Kilo Force HS Sahi
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BARAMULLA: General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Kilo Force HS Sahi Saturday said that the youth are an important part of Jammu and Kashmir and they have to be part of development in UT.
The GOC was speaking at a function organized by the army with civil participation at Sharifabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The GoC Kilo Force said that the youth are an important part of Jammu and Kashmir and they have to be part of the development in the UT and must work hard in whatever field they’re to achieve their dreams and take Jammu and Kashmir forward.
What is the 1971 war legacy behind Alouette-Sabre exchange between IAF, Bangladesh air force
The IAF gifted a legacy Alouette III helicopter to Bangladesh and received a restored F-86 Sabre. Both aircraft were used during the 1971 war with Pakistan.
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New Delhi: Fifty years after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and its Bangladeshi counterpart last week exchanged a legacy Alouette III helicopter and a F-86 Sabre aircraft.
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have a shared history of participating and playing a critical role in India’s two-front war with Pakistan in 1971. The victory in the war marked the finest hour of the Indian military with the Pakistani Army surrendering in erstwhile East Pakistan, leading to the creation of an independent Bangladesh.