Once my SC Course ended I was posted to 23 PUNJAB. I went to 20 PUNJAB for just one day. 20 PUNJAB was deployed in Kandi-Budhal areas of J & K for CT operations. In a difficult area life was difficult. For me it was going to be a big change-I was leaving the unit…
Kohima, Nagaland, 1995-97 From the perspective of learning, Kohima ranks at the top in my Army career. I reported for duty in May 95. In Mar 95 the Deputy Commissioner of Kohima had been shot dead by NSCN (IM). Prior to this tragic assassination was a very sad incident in Mar 95 when 16 RR…
I left Kohima, a far mature person than the one who had reported there. 20 PUNJAB was in North Sikkim (Tibet Plateau), a super high altitude area, considered tough by a lot of people. Walking in rarified atmosphere can be difficult. My battalion headquarters was at a height of 17000 feet. The tree line finished…
I attended the SC Course from Sep to Nov 98. It was a very educative course. Important memories from the course are as follows: Brig, Squash Player Just about one week into the course I had gone to play Squash and met a Brig instructor. He told me that he had been posted at the…