Dogs of war are a special breed of warriors and soldiers who are fearless and ferocious in their attack and are renowned for their courage, loyalty, and devotion throughout the world. These are four-legged warriors who have been going into battlefields since the ancient times and are rightly...
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There are so many heroes who sacrificed their lives so that we can live safe at our homes. We can never pay their debts and the only way is to be thankful and to show high gratitude to their families. We will talk about the real heroes, you won’t hear their story in Bollywood but these guys have...
Exactly 18 years ago Kargil War captured the collective consciousness of our Nation. Initially what appeared to be mischief across a few posts along the Line of Control (LoC) by the Pakistan Army unfolded to be a well orchestrated invasion of almost all the posts along the LoC in the mountainous...
There are many stories in the Indian army that touch our heart and move us to the core. One such true incident is of Capt Vijyant Thapar, Vir Chakra(Posthumous) who family members fondly call as Robin.
Lt. Vijayant Thapar was conferred the rank of Captain after his supreme sacrifice during the...
Major M Sarvanan was born on 10 Aug 1972 in Rameshwaram in Tamilnadu. son of an army officer Lt Col Adi Mariappan and Amrithavalli Mariyappan, Maj Sarvanan had made up his mind to follow in the footsteps of his father since his childhood. His father Lt. Colonel Adi Mariappan a doctor in the...
Indian Army started recruiting of Women officers in 1992.Every six months, about 5,000 women graduates and postgraduates between the ages of 21 and 25 years apply to join the Army. Barely a fifth clear the written test and only a tenth of those who do are selected.
The first Women Cadet batch...
Colonel Vasanth Venugopal was born to Praphulla and NK Venugopal in Bangalore, India. His father’s work required the family to travel throughout the state of Karnataka, which made him study in a number of schools in various places including Udupi, Shimoga and Bangalore. He graduated from MES...
There are a lot of people who think that life of army or military is full of luxury but on the contrary it is full of difficulties faced by the immediate family of an officer. A navy officer’s wife responds to the question that if army life if full of luxury on Quora and she expresses it...
India had Intelligence bureau to collect the INTEL of the neighbouring countries. After some years of independence, a need arose for an independent body which can handle the foreign intelligence smartly and accurately. So, came in picture, the Research & Analysis Wing(R&AW) whose sole...
MOAB also known as GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb or Mother of All Bombs. United States detonated MOAB on an ISIS position in Afghanistan on this 13th April. Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory developed MOAB for the USAF. MOAB is the biggest non-nuclear bomb...
Parachute Regiment of Indian Army has a special forces unit which is called Para Commandos or Para (SF) and these units of special forces are assigned missions such as direct action, hostage rescue, special operation, counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defence and...
It was 1950s when India allowed Israel to make a Consulate in Mumbai. There was no diplomatic Relationship because India supported Palestinian Cause.
R.N Kao, the legendary spy master who was founder of RAW, India’s Foreign Intelligence took on his shoulders developing silent diplomacy with...
Indian Para Special Forces are one of the toughest special forces of the world. Para SF which operates at the most difficult situations, they are the real tough nuts of Indian Army. Indian SF is deployed in the most dangerous area in the country.
Indian Para SF is one respected organisation...
Garuds are the Special Forces unit of Indian Air Force responsible for Combat Search and Rescue , Counter Insurgency Operations , Counter Terrorism Operations and especially to provide a rapid response to any terrorist attack on Indian Air Force Bases. Established back in 2003 , the size of...
Major Sudhir Kumar Walia is one of the legends of Indian Para Special Forces. Major Sudhir Kumar Walia was among the first officers of dedicated Special Forces. Formed just after the end of Indian Peace Keeping Operation in Sri-Lanka.
Indian Army and Commando Units of Indian Army faced various...
Indian Air Force Academy is one of the most prestigious institute in India. Air Force Academy, Dundigal is a dream for many defence aspirants who want to join the Indian Air Force. All the Officer Trainees come to AFA to specialize and train to become a capable officer in Indian Air Force. We...
The Kirti Chakra (KC) is a gallantry award given to people who have exhibited extreme valour, courage and self-sacrifice for the nation away from the battlefield.
It is considered the second highest peace-time decoration of India.
Nations that have poor intelligence gathering mechanisms...
Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey was born on 25th June 1975 and today is his birth anniversary. On the night of 2/3 July 1999, his unit was tasked to capture Khalubar and during the advance to Khalubar as his platoon approached its final objective, it came under heavy and intense enemy fire from the...
Born on 4th March,1972 Lt Amit Bhardwaj was the only child of Mr. O.P Sharma and Mrs. Sushila Sharma. Lt Amit grew up with very good moral values from a very tender age and would donate some part of his pocket money to the poor from the age of seven. He completed his schooling from St. Xavier’s...
Indo-Tibetan Border Police or ITBP is one of the five Central Armed Police Force(CrPF) charged with security and protection of India-Tibet border. It was raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. It is a multi-dimensional force whose primary task...
