NEW DELHI – Special units of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy will nowcombine forces under Special Operations Division to meet with possiblethreats and carry out sensitive missions.
It is for the first time in India’s history that a Special OperationsDivision has been created which will see chosen personnel from all threearmed forces as its members. A battalion each from Indian Army’s ParaSpecial Forces, Navy’s Marcos (Marine Commandos) and Air Force’s GarudCommandos will now operate under this common umbrella.
There would be 3000 personnel in all and Major General AK Dhingra has beennamed as the first General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the SpecialOperations Division.
The headquarters of the Special Operations Division could be in Agra.
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The proposal to have a common division between the Army, Air Force and Navywas approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Combined Commanders’Conference in Jodhpur in September of last year. Its need was feltconsidering the changing dynamics of modern warfare.
The need for closer cooperation between the three forces has beenrecognised as the next step in meeting with security challenges facingIndia.
