Category: MILITARY LEADERSHIP
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POLICE ASSAULTS ON ARMY PERSONNEL : AN INCREASINGLY DISTURBING TREND
Assaults on serving personnel by police is increasing in scope and brutality. It is unimaginable that a colonel gets beaten up black and blue in Punjab by a lot of drunken cops and the government is silent with no action being taken. It will have deep ramifications. It might result in an uncontrollable situation one…
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LEADERSHIP AND COMMAND IN COMBAT
Leadership and command in combat is not well understood outside the armed forces. It involves raw courage, sacrifice, physical fitness, wisdom, empathy, professional competence and much more to lead brave hearts to possible death to achieve victory at least cost in an environment where being a runners up means defeat. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R)…
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The Agni Path Ahead For India’s Second CDS by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Indian Express @ The Agnipath challenge for India’s new Chief of Defence Staff P R Shankar writes: Converting poorly-planned and flawed scheme into a success will be General Anil Chauhan’s acid test Written by P R Shankar Updated: October 6, 2022 7:13:20 am The appointment of Gen Anil Chauhan as the second CDS of…
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The Big Military Drift by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in The Financial Express @ The Big Military Drift Our erudite External Affairs Minister with his sharp-witted interjections has put many doubting interlocutors in their place. India has overtaken its erstwhile colonial master as the fifth largest economy and is on course to be the third largest by 2030. The world seems to…
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Leadership in China and Pakistan : A Discussion
Aadi and I had a freewheeling discussion on the evolving leadership in China and Pakistan and how it affects India. The subject was futuristic and the Q&A session was great. To some extent we were on a fishing trip.
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Pre -Independence Day Musings in the Absence of Chief of Defence Staff By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
On 15 August 2019, our Prime Minister announced, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, that India will have a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). It was truly a historic announcement. Ever since the Kargil Review Committee recommended establishment of the post, no government took the decision on appointment of a CDS. No Government brought this…
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ARMED FORCES NEED A BALANCED HEAD AND STRONG LEGS by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Refs :- https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/oct/doc202110501.pdf https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/agnipath-insiders-view-from-outside.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/agnivirs-of-agnipath-bottom-up.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/the-curious-case-of-missing-cds-by-lt.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/02/where-is-indias-second-cds-by-lt-gen-p.html Many articles have appeared on the post of the CDS being still vacant. Many articles have appeared on the proposed tour of duty concept of enrolment of soldiers for short tenures of three and five years. The CDS and Tour of Duty have a seminal connect in the defense,…
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Army Day 2022
HAPPY ARMY DAY. NEXT TIME WHEN YOU MEET AN ARMY MAN , RECOGNISE HIM IN THE PICTURES BELOW. IF I WERE TO BE BORN AGAIN I WILL JOIN THE INDIAN ARMY AGAIN AND AGAIN. I HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH OF IT IN THIS LIFE. WILL NEED A FEW MORE LIVES TO CHANGE MY PROFESSION.
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Tribute to Gen Bipin Rawat on Video
You can also read my ode to Gen Bipin Rawat @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/12/my-ode-to-bipin-rawat-by-lt-gen-p-r.html
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MY ODE TO BIPIN RAWAT by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published also by Firstpost @ https://www.firstpost.com/india/a-mighty-general-best-of-the-soldiers-and-a-dear-friend-an-ode-to-cds-bipin-rawat-10197491.html Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat died along with his wife, Madhulika Rawat, and eleven others in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris. The nation conveys its heartfelt condolences to all those who lost their near and dear ones in this tragic incident. We also pray that Group…
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