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The Army had similar de-affiliation in the ranks of Colonel and above till the mid 1980s when Colonel was not a regimental command and officers of that rank held staff appointments.

Mission would have been the largest British parachute drop on operations since the Suez crisis of 1956

The commissioning of women into the Regiment of Artillery, a major combat support arm of the Army, is seen as expansion of the role of women.

The Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery, with three of them assigned to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. After successfully completing their training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, Lt Mehak Saini, Lt Sakshi Dubey, Lt Aditi Yadav, Lt Pious Mudgil,

These young women officers are being posted to all types of artillery units, where they will get adequate training and exposure to handle Rocket, Medium, Field and Surveillance & Target Acquisition and equipment in challenging conditions

New Delhi, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) In a historic first, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery and three of them have been posted to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, military sources said on April 29.

‘This was a hard decision, but I wanted to feel and go through everything my husband went through’

Out of the five women officers, three are posted to units deployed along the borders with China and the other two in "challenging locations" near the frontier with Pakistan, the sources said.

In a historic first, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery and three of them have been posted to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, military sources said on Saturday.

The institution was set up on May 1, 1948, under the stewardship of Col P P Chowdry, the first Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College