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The Southern Command of the Army is undergoing a Command level exercise ‘Drad Sankalp’ in the deserts of Rajasthan, wherein capabilities of the Army in a Tri-Service environment are being practiced and validated on a Capability based approach ,while relying on the adoption of new age technologies, transformed war fighting and integrated theatre battle concepts. The exercise is also focusing on the aspect of jointsmanship between the three services and in developing the required synergy in order to achieve operational effectiveness.

The exercise has commenced with an aim to achieve perfection in basic battle drills & procedures with emphasis on exceptional standards of training and exploiting our doctrine through Manoeuvre Warfare and Directive Style of Command. The scope of the exercise includes decisive manoeuvres by mechanized forces on ground in harmony with utilization of the Third Dimension to ensure complete dominance of the battlefield.

This training exercise is also being used as a test bed to validate synergetic application of all forces in a tri services environment, enhancing Jointsmanship. Indian Army undertakes exercises at regular intervals at different levels to ensure that the forces are given a real war like situations and the equipment is kept in battle readiness state. The formations and units have been undergoing this exercise for over two months now and the final phase of the exercise along with the validation is underway.

Col Rohan Anand, SM

PRO (Army)

            33rd Infantry Commander’s Conference is underway from 26  to 28 Nov at The Infantry School Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. The conference is a biennial event aimed at taking a holistic review of operational, training and management aspects of the Infantry which are crucial to  retaining, maintaining & enhancing its role. The last such conference was held in September 2013.

            The objective of the conference is to  identify its strength and draw a road map for the future. Lt General Sanjay Kulkarni, Director General (DG) Infantry, addressed the conference in its inaugural session. Issues of modernisation of Infantry, training orientation and human capital development were discussed.

On 27 Nov 2015, General Dalbir Singh, the COAS was received by Lt General Sanjay Kulkarni, Lt General SL Narasimhan, Commandant Army War College and Lt Gen KH Singh, Commandant of The Infantry School. The conference was presided over by the COAS on 27 & 28 Nov 2015 and was attended by a cross section of Infantry Officers, including Colonels of the Regiments of Infantry Regiments, Infantry Formation Commanders and number of Commanding Officers.

The COAS called upon the Infantry Commander’s to lay emphasis on Junior Leadership and Human Capital Development. He expressed  confidence in the level of Operational Preparedness of the Army and stressed for officers to be dynamic in their thought process and approach to meet future challenges. The conference is providing an appropriate platform for eminent Formation Commanders and Infantry Battalion Commanders to share their thoughts, as also is giving an opportunity to introspect in an open and forthright manner on infantry related issues. Deliberations during this conference are bringing up innovative thoughts to ensure that Infantry contributes effectively in dealing with the emerging challenges of the nation’s security.

Col Rohan Anand, SM

PRO (Army)