The Indian military is actively deliberating on setting up a new joint training command to meet the training needs of all its three branches, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, ThePrint has learnt.
The development has also put on hold for now the Army’s proposal to shift its training command ARTRAC from Shimla to Meerut, sources told ThePrint.
“The opportunity of a joint coaching command for the three companies is being deliberated upon. Shifting out ARTRAC from Shimla might not be related at this level,” a senior defence official mentioned.
The official added that there could be discussions on how the prevailing coaching instructions may very well be merged to type the brand new construction.
While the location for the tri-service command is yet to be finalised, Nagpur is being discussed as an option, highly-placed defence sources said. The structure of the command is yet to be finalised.
While the Army’s training command is in Shimla, the Air Force’s training command is located in Bengaluru. The Navy does not have a separate training command. All training-related establishments of the Navy come under the purview of the Southern Naval Command.
The move for a joint training command is a continuation of the process that began in 2018 when a joint doctrine for the services was released by former chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) Admiral Sunil Lanba in the presence of then Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat and IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa.
Apart from stating that there should be a tri-service approach for modernisation of the three services, the joint doctrine had proposed joint training of personnel, unified command and control structure.
“A joint coaching command could assist in arriving at a standard coverage for the companies, thus rising effectivity, saving cash and rising inter-services administrative ease of working,” the officer mentioned.
At present, after the fundamental coaching on the tri-services institute — the Nationwide Defence Academy (NDA) — choose officers bear a tri-service course on the Defence Companies Employees Faculty after 10-12 years of service. The officers then bear the next command course that’s primarily service particular however has representatives from the opposite two companies.
Some officers additionally get chosen to a tri-service course on the Faculty of Defence Administration in Hyderabad, which is a parallel course to the upper command. After round 28-30 years of service, a choose few officers are picked for a tri-services course on the Nationwide Defence Faculty in Delhi.
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