“The Indian army won’t stop, the soldiers
wont tire, till the last citizen is rescued “. The distinguished history of Indian army is
many thousand years back. The structure, pattern of this elite force is taken from
our Vedas of Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Several conquests were there on the
Indian soil that led to the formation of separate army that will fight till
their last breath to protect the citizens. Indian army is mandated to safeguard
national interest from external aggression and internal subversion. Apart from
various task that are under the force, the force looks for the help in various
disaster issues, calamities etc.
They perform the following:
- War fighting to meet external repulsion
- Force projection
- Internal security management which includes
internal threats
- Peace keeping operations
- Military assistance to friendly countries
- Disaster relief
There had been many chances when the
situation could not be controlled by the civil authorities and the help of Army
was taken. This is not because the civil authorities are not competent enough
but the training imparted to our Army members is just edge above where they are
forced to face every vital situation and face it with success. There are many
parts in the Indian army where an individual as per his/her interest can serve:
- Infantry
- Gunners
- Aviation
- Air defence
- Signals
- Technical engineers
- Medical corps
- Ordinance
- Army dental
- Rashtriya rifles
- Territorial army
The training of the Indian army officer is
meant to subsume his persona under a very demanding but explicit code. The code
reads as follows:
"THE SAFETY, HONOUR AND WELFARE OF
YOUR COUNTRY COME FIRST, ALWAYS AND EVERY
TIME.
THE HONOUR, WELFARE AND COMFORT OF
THE MEN YOU COMMAND COME NEXT.
YOUR OWN EASE, COMFORT AND SAFETY COME
LAST,
ALWAYS AND EVERY TIME."
The essence of these lines is so great and
that’s why the selection for this eminent force is altogether different. To
reach to a rank of officer in this force this inducts for the post of
Lieutenant in the beginning and then promotes to senior levels you have to
cross an exam called SSB. SSB is a full five day exam where you are called to a
centre specially designed for the purpose and assessed for various parameters
and the OLQ’s which you must have to serve with such devotion. If you clear
through this process you are sent to medicals to check the physical fitness and
then awarded with the ranks. SSB is a two step process of selection where only
the best ones are chosen. It’s a test specially designed to test the qualities
along with psychology of individual. All the aspirants should thoroughly
prepare for psychology and take helps of experts who can assess them
individually for this purpose. Studying Psychology in a group does not help as
in SSB you have to portray yourself individually Just get started and if you
need individual mentorship or have any query related to SSB do contact me at jayendrapsingh@gmail.com . Let’s
travel the success path together.
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Jayendra Singh, Editorial Team
Jayendra is pursuing MBA from IIM Ranchi and is a die heart counsellor for defence aspirants. He was recommended in the first attempt for Indian navy UES entry and is willing to help aspirants to make use of his experience in this field.