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On 2 July 2014, Kumar became a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army, with his promotion to Naib Subedar. While the promotion of Kumar had once become an issue in the Army after he was allegedly demoted to the rank of Lance Naik from the rank of Havildar in 2008, the issue was later buried with the intervention of higher ...
The Army Aviation Corps units are designated as 'Squadrons'. Each squadron generally consists of two Reconnaissance (Recce) and Observation Flights. R & O Flights might be part of squadrons or operate independently and do not have a parent squadron (designated by an (I) in their name).
Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa's taking over as the first "Indian" Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army from General Sir Roy Bucher, on 15 January 1949. With effect from 26 January 1950, the date India became a republic, all active-duty Indian ...
Name Photo Decorations Reference Director General Infantry: Lieutenant General: Ajay Kumar VSM [26] Director General Artillery: Adosh Kumar PVSM, AVSM, SM [27] Director General Army Aviation: Vinod Nambiar SM [28] Director General Army Air Defence: Sumer Ivan D'Cunha SM [29] Director General Armoured Corps: Vivek Kashyap PVSM, AVSM, VSM [30 ...
The medal is a 35-mm circular medal, with a five-pointed star in the centre. It is suspended from a straight-bar suspender with the name on the edge. The state emblem with the name of the decoration in Hindi above - "Vishisht Seva Medal" in Hindi. The ribbon is 32 mm long in yellow, with three 2 mm dark blue stripes dividing it into four equal ...
Indian Army: 9 June 1984 [1] Lieutenant: Indian Army: 9 June 1986 [13] Captain: Indian Army: 9 June 1989 [14] Major: Indian Army: 9 June 1995 [15] Lieutenant-Colonel: Indian Army: 16 December 2004 [16] Colonel: Indian Army: 1 April 2006 [17] Brigadier: Indian Army: 13 June 2011 (acting) 8 August 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 19 March ...
In 2017, Shekhawat filed a complaint to the Ministry of Defence accusing two former army chiefs, Gen. Bikram Singh and Gen. Dalbir Singh, and a senior serving officer, Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna of victimizing him. Shekhawat claimed he was denied promotion because of lackluster reviews in annual confidential reports given to him as retaliation. [14]
The office of the Adjutant General deals with a wide spectrum of issues relating to Army, which includes manpower planning, human resource policy, recruitment, discipline, matters relating to Judge Advocate General's Department, Provost Marshal Directorate (Corps of Military Police), missing defence personnel, service matters relating to personnel and welfare of serving soldiers.