The expedition is aimed at celebrating the spirit of the tri-services’ integration and acknowledging the rich traditions of adventure activities in the Armed forces.
The high-intensity exercise carried out in conjunction with the Indian Air Force and the Navy tested the jointness and interoperability among the Special Forces of the three services.
Subedar Major Tsewang Morup received a Vir Chakra for his role in the Kargil conflict of 1999. People who knew him well recall him as a brave person who took initiatives.
Amid the current emphasis on giving up the colonial vestiges of the Army, it is worth revisiting the essentials of the report prepared by Gen Henry Rawlinson and how it laid the foundations of the present-day Indian Army.