Jointness Case Study

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JOINT TRAINING AT MID CAREER LEVEL – A CRITICAL NECESSITY TO EXECUTE JOINT OPERATIONS

“Today if any jointness exists, it is only at the individual level, based on personal equations. At the institutional level, jointness is no doubt talked about and emphasised, but when it comes to implementation, virtually nothing happens.”

Lt General Vijay Oberoi, (Retd) former Vice Chief of Army Staff

INTRODUCTION

Globally, past two to three decades have proved that no service is capable of winning a war in isolation. Military experiences in Gulf & Iraq Wars have proved beyond doubt that jointness – right from planning to execution, is the key to success. In the Indian context, 1965 and 1971 Wars threw adequate lessons …show more content…

RMA has made our armed forces equipment intensive and dependent. However each of the service tend to work in compartments. There is a case of an item that that Army was frantically searching for, to procure at premium, was lying surplus with navy. Even if scope of commonality is moderate, an integrated system of for ‘all-service’ logistics in respect of industrial production, ex-import procurement, stocking and inventory control, transportation and, maintenance service and disposal would go a long way in reducing the fiscal burden and so making available substantially larger funds towards modernization of all three …show more content…

Camaraderie beyond the service is an essential factor in inculcating a better understanding towards each other’s operational requirements. More importantly it helps in promoting jointness in the overall in adherence to National Aim. NDA develops ethos of jointness albeit for cadets at a very young age. As officers grow in service the pressure of in-service training and demands for specialization and excellence in their respective fields tends to insulate them from each other. This aspect is only addressed once officers attend DSSC/TSOC.

Defence Service Staff College. For the middle level officers of the armed Forces, Defence Service Staff College has strived towards achieving a model of joint training with each service having its own wing with all three wings constantly striving to improve joint training. Officers undergo several joint exercises and hence are able to appreciate and understand each other strengths and weakness. This is the ideal level for officers to develop executional affiliations. However, only a very small percentage of officers of the services actually attend the

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