Indo-China Joint Military Exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015

Indo-China Joint Military Exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015 

The Indo-China Combined Military Training Exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015 will be conducted from 12 to 23 October 2015 at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China. 

The exercise will bring together troops of an Infantry sub-unit and a formation headquarter of Indian Army and similar participation from the Chinese Army for the joint training. This will be the fifth exercise in the Hand-in-Hand series, which started in 2007. This exercise will strengthen and broaden interoperability & cooperation between both the Armies as well as complement a number of other exchanges between the two forces. Over the years, the two countries have decided to progressively increase the scope and content of the combined training. The twelve day exercise will lay emphasis on joint handling of insurgency at sub-unit level and related issues, while the aspect of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief will be discussed at formation headquarters level.

Commanders and Staff Officers of both sides will work in close coordination to receive and collate intelligence and to issue suitable operational orders to the combined field training components, who in turn will execute these orders on ground. The exercise curriculum has been planned progressively where the participants will initially be made to get familiar with each others organisational structure, weapons, equipment and tactical drills. Subsequently, under Joint Tactical Exercises Battle Drill of both the armies will be rehearsed.

A Consolidation and Validation Exercise will be witnessed by senior officers and observers of both Armies at the end of the Joint Training, in which troops of both nations will carry out sub-unit level counter insurgency operation training. 

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Indian Army Offers Exciting Career Opportunities 

Indian Army in its continuous effort to seek suitable candidates for the organisation, has launched a campaign to tap capable recruiting talent and building exciting careers for the Indian youth. The Indian Army is under transformation to become Army of the 21st Century. While valour, patriotism and protection remain the key areas of Armed Forces, it is for the first time, the Indian Army has differentiated itself from the hot shops start ups like IT, Media, Financial Services that average youth is attracted to. The Campaign projects Indian Army as a full-fledged working organization that offers exciting career in different sectors for Young Indians who otherwise aspire for other careers. According to Lt Gen RN Nair, Director General Recruiting, “No other organisation in India provides the canvas of engineering, technology, work-life-balance, sustained care and the unique ability of serving the Nation, as the Indian Army.”

While careers like technology, media & entertainment have caught the fancy of youth, the reality is that army has over 20 diverse career disciplines offering an all-round lifestyle and it’s constantly modernizing itself with the cutting edge technology. Thus, the challenge to showcase this relatively lesser known side of the Army in this campaign has been challenging as well as stimulating. The current campaign projects Indian Army as the most exciting hub that today’s youth needs for their career enhancement.

This recruitment campaign, titled “Join the Indian Army and Live a Life Less Ordinary” is being launched on 09 Oct 2015 on various TV Channels, Digital Cinemas and Radio Stations across the country.