First-ever Chief Of Defence Staff of India - General Bipin Rawat
20 years after Kargil Review Committee recommended India to get its first CDS: Chief of Defence Staff, single point advisor to Government on matters military and strategic.
Congratulations to General Bipin Rawat for his appointment as the Chief of Defence Staff of Indian Defence Services. Hope his cooperation between defence forces and Government will lead us to a new way.
Honours List!
Gen Bipin Rawat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM.
In total, Gen Rawat has 12 service, 5 gallantry/distinguished medal, PVSM due+ 2 Commendation.
Making him the most decorated Chief Of Army Staff ever
Gen Rawat is an all out CI/CT Ops Man. Quite a shoot to kill, and give a damn sort.
Hot pursuit is an operational trait! Was GOC Burma Ops no wonder Pak rattled and crying foul thru their proxies in India like Tukde Tukde Gang,
1987 Sino-Indian skirmish
During the 1987 face off in the Sumdorong Chuvalley, Rawat's battalion was deployed against the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Have been wanting to share this since day before:
Bombay to Kabul Air Corridor, sounds a little like
'dhinka chika, dhinka chika*. . .
Two words, to quote Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff:
'Encirclement and counter-encirclement'
Here is the tale on Gen Bipin Rawat and his Wound Medal, Jangi Laat as affectionately the Chief Of Army Staff has always been addressed.
It was spring of 1994, and a young Maj Rawat was a Coy Cdr somewhere along the Line of Control. (AhatPadak )
Mind you, this was 1994, and effective exchange of fire was the norm and no such ceasefire of 2003 was in effect.
GOC of the Division was a doyen, Gen RK Nanavatty (8 GR)
During a visit to the forward area, the GOC noticed a mule track used by Pakistani troops along the LOC He asked what it was used for, and why wasn't anything being done to deny Pak troops its use.
The GOC immediately ordered the track to be put out of use, by any means.
With the direct orders of the GOC, Maj Bipin Rawat and his troops got cracking.
The same night, a handful of men went about the task of putting the track out of use, as a firefight ensued.
During this engagement, Maj Bipin Rawat took a couple of bullets in his ankle.
With the objective partially achieved, and inflicting casualties on the enemy positions, Maj Rawat was evacuated to 92 Base Hospital, Srinagar.
The doctors got to work, and Maj Bipin Rawat, was saved that day, who had miles to go, and things to achieve.
In light of the Gun Shot Wound, GSW, Maj Rawat was authorised the White-Red-White Wound Medal.
Which is the first in order of all other service medals/decorations, except for the Gallantry/Distinguished Award decorations.
This action took place, just weeks before the Chief's, 35th Birthday.
He lived to tell the tale with a WoundMedal, of taking bullets during the worst phase of insurgency and cross LoC Infiltration and relentless attacks.
UN Mission To Congo
While commanding MONUSCO (a Multinational Brigade in a Chapter VII mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Rawat had a truly outstanding tour. Within two weeks of deployment in the DRC, the Brigade faced a major offensive in the east which threatened not only the regional capital of North Kivu, Goma, but stability across the country as a whole. The situation demanded a rapid response and North Kivu Brigade was reinforced, where it was responsible for over 7,000 men and women, representing nearly half of the total MONUSCO force. Whilst simultaneously engaged in offensive kinetic operations against the CNDP and other armed groups, Rawat (then Brigadier) carried out tactical support to the Congolese Army (FARDC), sensitization programmes with the local population and detailed coordination to ensure that all were informed about the situation and worked together in prosecuting operations whilst trying to protect the vulnerable population. This hectic period of operational tempo lasted a full four months and during this time Rawat, his headquarters and his international Brigade, were tested to the full, across the operational spectrum. His personal leadership, courage and experience were pivotal to the success that the Brigade achieved. Gomanever fell, the East stabilized and the main armed group was motivated to the negotiating table and has since been integrated into the FARDC. He was also tasked to present the Revised Charter of Peace Enforcement to the Special Representatives of the Secretary General and Force Commanders of all the UN missions in a special conference at Wilton Park, London on 16 May 2009.
2015 Myanmar strikes
Well before the surgical strikes against Pakistan, the Modi government’s first challenge came in Manipur.
In June 2015, eighteen Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants belonging to the United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia(UNLFW) in Manipur. The Indian Army responded with cross-border strikes in which units of the 21st battalion of the Parachute Regiment struck an NSCN-K base in Myanmar. 21 Para was under the operational control of the Dimapur based III Corps, which was then commanded by General Rawat.
Gen Bipin Rawat with Commandant of 61 Cavalry Col Ravi Rathore on the occasion of Haifa Day on 23rd September at Jaipur .Gen Rawat is also a Colonel of the 61 Cavalry thats why he is wearing rank badges of a Colonel.
Chief Of Defence Staff, India
Or
CDS India
*Play The Fanfare, Dress the Ships, Lay out the Red Carpet, Fire the Guns, Shoot the Flares.*
The Purple Service gets a FOUR 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Chief.
IDS HQ to be CDS HQ
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