Before I start writing this post, I want to Thank Quora user, Aniket Chakrapani for starting this thread and giving some badass replies to those who have no idea on what Indian Army really does when it is not fighting a war! In his words, Firstly, the army's primary duty is not just to fight wars, but also to act as a deterrent. No country will dream of attacking someone with a strong army. Here are 10 things that Indian Army does which should fill your heart with enough pride...
1. TRAIN
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. Army units keep going through exercises in desert areas, jungle warfare, mountain warfare etc. The Indian Army in fact has the best training schools for jungle warfare and mountain warfare in the world.
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2. ANTI INSURGENCY/ INTERNAL SECURITY
2. ANTI INSURGENCY/ INTERNAL SECURITY
The army has a perpetual presence at borders to stop militants and other anti-national elements from sneaking into the country. This also ensures they are always on a lookout with full preparedness if any enemy decides to attack.
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3. ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The army provides various essential services as far as security of the country is concerned. The Army also ensures that certain things like communication keep running smoothly. For instance, the foot over bridge which collapsed days before the Commonwealth Games were rebuilt by the Indian Army.
4. RESEARCH & TACTICS
Whether it is weapons or tactics, the army utilizes it's peace time to ensure that it can use its resources in hand to maximum effect, by just experimenting! In the sense, whether a platoon should carry 1 machine gun or 4. Or whether Infantry and Armor should be used together. If yes, in what ratios? And tactics like these.
5. INFRASTRUCTURE
In forward areas, the army's job (in collaboration with other paramilitary forces) is to ensure things like bunkers and roads and airstrips are built properly.
6. SECURITY
The NSG is drawn from the armed forces. The Navy ensures our maritime trade routes are safe from pirate attacks. The army is called into riot hit areas to hold flag marches, to make people feel safer.
7. DIPLOMACY
The armed forces have various war games and exercises with other countries, to increase diplomatic ties. This is also done a lot by the navy.
8. PARTICIPATION IN PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS IN UN
India has assisted the United Nations in peace-keeping operations in various countries. We regularly send a lot of soldiers to the UN. Recently, examples of service are in South Sudan.
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9. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
The Army is regularly involved in relief work at the time of disasters like floods, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. This was seen recently in Uttarakhand where the Army saved a large number of civilians and was instrumental in bringing the area to normalcy.
10. NATION BUILDING
Besides ensuring a nation’s territorial integrity and making a substantial contribution to national security, the Indian Army has been no exception when it comes to nation building. It has been involved in sort out multiple insurgencies, terrorism, fissiparous tendencies and has participated vigorously in stemming the rot and stabilizing the situation.
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Hope this helps anyone and everyone who is still wanting to know "Yeh Army Wale Karte Kya Hai"?
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This question of "yeh fauji karte kya hain?" to me is as laughable as was this once " Jammu mein kitne foot baraf padti hai?" Even the info age has failed to connect those who are adamant on being ignorant....
ReplyDeleteRight, asking questions is ignorant, sure.
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