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- 19 Mar 2007 13:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
Two cadets bag top honours at OTA passing out parade ( POP - SSC 83) Shyam Sundar Bisht, son of a soldier martyred during the Indian Peace Keeping Force's operation in Sri Lanka in 1988, received top honours at the passing out parade at the Officers Training Academy here on Saturday. He bagged both...
- 11 Mar 2007 15:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
A ‘gentleman cadet’ was killed in an accidental grenade blast at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on Friday. The mishap occurred during a training session. According to IMA sources, the grenade went off accidentally, killing the cadet on the spot. He has been identified as VK Tiwari. A Non...
- 06 Feb 2007 23:34
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Armed Forces Senior Appointments & Officers
- Replies: 168
- Views: 62347
- 25 Jan 2007 21:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Profiles in Heroism: Archive
- Replies: 434
- Views: 198659
- 25 Jan 2007 15:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 22 Jan 2007 17:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 10 Nov 2006 20:05
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 19 Sep 2006 09:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
anyone going for 84 course..plz get in touch am reporting on 9oct. Rajat all da best for 84!! It's gonna be tough, but it doesnt get better wen u do it with ur coursemates... enjoy the academy partner, its THE BEST!! AS of now u guys will be shifting to the new cadets accdn and without a doubt its ...
- 17 Sep 2006 18:33
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
POP!!!
Hey guys!! it's official... i'm a Lieutenant!!! Praise God!! It was an awesome POP. The weather was excellent, the drill was immaculate n the pipping...the best!! I'll put up the pics soon as i get back to B'lore! Anyways, the euphoria is gonna last for sometime now! , that aside, it was again very ...
- 06 Sep 2006 16:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 23 Aug 2006 12:07
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
OTA STORY!!
Hey fellow BRF ites!! 'sup?? Finally the time has come...just another 23 odd days more to become commissioned officers in the Indian Army!! 16th Sept is D-Day!! Some Academy news round up: POP pracs have started in full swing aqnd "mela-period" for the jangoos is jus round the corner... 21...
- 25 Jun 2006 11:04
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
hey BR Fly...
hey BR family...jus wanted to post in n say all is well at the OTA. Self and Pradeep_Jr (Pradeep Jayraman-Naushera/83) another BRwala...doing well.
Hope u guys saw the NDTV interview of a couple of LCs.
Chow
ben
Hope u guys saw the NDTV interview of a couple of LCs.
Chow
ben
- 31 Mar 2006 01:59
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
Hi shek.......long time......sorry....should be addressing you as Sir!!!!.......since I will be reporting to the OTA on 06 Apr for my SSC(T)-26 Course.......Hope to see you there....... Another friend of mine is at the OTA now..... GC Bhaskar Paranjpe....same course as yours.....and a Friend of min...
- 19 Mar 2006 23:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
hey BR! i'm in B'lore for term break!! finally i've finished with 1st term and all set for senior term at the OTA!! i've been appointed as Bn Under Officer Ranjit Singh Bn...lookin fwd to the challenges ahead! The POP was great... got senti too bidding adieu to SSC 81... what was nice to see was tha...
- 06 Oct 2005 12:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 02 Sep 2005 12:28
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 21 Jul 2005 03:05
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 09 Jul 2005 17:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
Re: NDA
Shek/Dhruv, Best of luck. BTW, ASC is a Service and Arty is an Arm, nevertheless there is no disparity as for as valour goes. This was just to tell you about the terminology. Another thing, there were no taker for Arty sometime back, now the things may have changed. Keep your cool, just impress you...
- 09 Jul 2005 09:49
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Badges, Patches, Insignia, Medals & Uniforms
- Replies: 197
- Views: 85459
Guys!, this one is just a rumour as of now, but it seems to be certainly on its way...the army rather the 'Tiger' has planned to change the regular OG uniform. The new one will have the shirt and pant in different shades of green. In fact the shirt will be the real Olive Green colour and the pant wo...
- 09 Jul 2005 09:42
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Badges, Patches, Insignia, Medals & Uniforms
- Replies: 197
- Views: 85459
We do understand the difference between a campaign ribbon and a medal and you should perhaps understand what a campaign is. Instead ...Op Parakram ... was just a deployment which carried on and on and on.. Reflect a moment - one of the 'seniormost ' ribbons is the Naga Hills one, which one gets for...
- 09 Jul 2005 09:26
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
GOC-in-C ARTRAC Visit TO Officer's Training Academy, Chennai
Lt Gen visits OTA NT Bureau Chennai, July 8: The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Army Training Command, ARTRAC, Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor, visited the Officers Training Academy yesterday for inspection. During the visit, he inspected the ongoing infrastructural developments like the new KLP and ca...
- 03 Jul 2005 01:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
hi dhruv......all the best to you.....hope u dont break ur leg in the 1st month and get admitted.....hehehe......just kidding.....do well and enjoy urself.....tell me shek....when do u have to join? Hey pradeep, my course starts 1st week Oct and joining Instructions come by mid Sept. wats up with u?
- 24 Jun 2005 16:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 19 Jun 2005 11:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 06 Jun 2005 20:20
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 31 May 2005 15:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
Hey Guys!! Me cleared SSB!!! All Thanks to my Heavenly Father up above!! Anyways, now i'm enjoyin few days of freedom left, with my bro in 17 Jat in Kalimpong. Am not worryin about merit coz there aint nothin in the world to beat NCC 'C' Cert!!!;) SSB was great, made some awesome friends. Jagan u're...
- 15 May 2005 18:52
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
Hi guys, I also gave my SSB for 114 NDA course this January. My centre was 2 AFSB Mysore. Those 6 days were probably the best time I have had. I was able to clear the SSB and also medicals. The best part was the new PABT machine that have been installed at AFSB. As of now they were on experimental ...
- 12 May 2005 11:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 10 May 2005 20:19
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
>>he he he, u shud have said hi!, btw, what did i say wrong?? Sorry I don't exactly recollect what was wrong. And at that time I thought you were some very young guy from the IA :-) what with your short cropped hair etc. Thanks! thats a compliment. The cut was coz its reqd in the NCC and i like it!...
- 09 May 2005 19:31
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
He, heh! The moment you said that you were giving gyan to a friend, I just knew it! The earnest young guy in yellow was also giving gyan, which I shamelessly listened in to, until said kid said something incorrect :-) I had just got off the BMP and was on my way towards the AAC Dhruv. he he he, u s...
- 09 May 2005 13:57
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
hey! that was me!, how did u know??merlin wrote:Thanks A Sharma for posting that link, yep that's the 6 shot grenade launcher. It has a beautiful finish and isn't heavy at all.
Shek, you must have been the guy in the yellow T-shirt who clambered up the BMP-2 along with another guy. Right?
where were u?
- 08 May 2005 21:43
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
- 08 May 2005 20:30
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
First off, sorry shek, I couldn't contact you. I did visit the NCC stall around 2.00 pm and it was nice. I enjoyed the last day of KYA, although I reached there about 12.00 and today was a very hot day indeed, which really sapped my energy. Soon as I reached there I was pissed off to note that I ha...
- 08 May 2005 20:02
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
- 08 May 2005 19:21
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
- 08 May 2005 19:10
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
No No.. that the 333 AD Arty junta. Now based in Bombay. (Their MT Shaktimans act as school-buses, and pick up the bachcha-log from KV IIT). the 333 number is an internal number within the formation. the actual unit name will be different. for examples not that the tanks and bmps are always painted...
- 08 May 2005 19:06
- Forum: Military Expositions Archive
- Topic: "Know Your Army" @ Bangalore
- Replies: 46
- Views: 43684
Anyhow.. what the devil is the Army Institute of Fashion Technology?? The Army has in the recent times, opened a very large number of educational institutions - in every field. These are open to the public, with perhaps a quota for defence wards and personnel. An example would be the new army medic...
- 05 May 2005 06:45
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Armed Forces Academies
- Replies: 260
- Views: 110535
- 04 May 2005 13:42
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora - RIP
- Replies: 104
- Views: 81010
Tiger Niazi died in Lahore, Pakistan - in early 2004 - at the age of 89, due to diabetic complications. I would assume after the '71 war, he took up a post (GOC, Command, etc) in West Pakistan. He didn't. He was already GOC-in-C Eastern Command when he surrendered. He went back to Pakistan with the...
- 03 May 2005 18:43
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora - RIP
- Replies: 104
- Views: 81010