BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT INDIAN ARMY

COMMAND STRUCTURE OF INDIAN ARMY.

Northern Command, HQ at Udhampur

Western Command, HQ at Chandimandir

South Western Command, HQ at Jaipur

Central Command, HQ at Lucknow

Southern Command, HQ at Pune

Eastern Command, HQ at Kolkata.

Each command is headed by an officer of rank 'Lt. General' called Army Commander or General Officer Commanding in Chief, the Command(GOC-in-C)

In addition to the above, there is another Command, the training Command with HQ at Simla.

The ranks of officers in Indian Army in descending order:

Field Marshal(not a regular rank. Only Gen Manekshaw and Gen Cariappa have been designated as Field Marshals till now)

General(Chief of the army)

Lt.General(commands a Command or a Corps)

Major General(commands a Division)

Brigadier(commands a brigade or a station)

Colonel(commands a battalion)

Lt.Colonel

Major(commands a company)

Captain

Lieutenant(commands a platoon)

The various corps and their HQ with the corresponding Command in paranthesis:

1 Corps HQ at Mathura(CC)

2 Corps HQ at Ambala(WC)

3 Corps HQ at Dimapur(EC)

4 Corps HQ at Tezpur(EC)

9 Corps HQ at Pathankot(WC)

10 Corps HQ at Bhatinda(WC)

11 Corps HQ at Jalandhar(WC)

12 Corps HQ at Jodhpur(SC)

14 Corps HQ at Leh(NC)

15 Corps HQ at Srinagar(NC)

16 Corps HQ at Nagrota(NC)

21 Corps HQ at Bhopal(SC)

33 Corps HQ at Siliguri(EC)

(*Corps is pronounced as CORE*)

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT INDIAN AIRFORCE

MOTTO: ‘NABHA SPRUSHAM DEEPTHAM’ (taken from Bhagavadgita meaning touching the sky with glory)

Indian Air force was established in 1932. It became Royal Indian air force in 1945 after its stupendous show in the Second World War. Subsequently after India became a republic, it dropped the prefix ‘Royal’.

COMMAND STRUCTURE OF INDIAN AIRFORCE.

Western Air Command, HQ at Delhi

South Western Air Command, HQ at Gandhinagar

Central Air Command, HQ at Allahabad

Southern Air Command, HQ at Thiruvananthapuram

Eastern Air Command, HQ at Shillong

Each Command is headed by an officer of rank Air Marshal called Air Officer Commanding in Chief, (AOC-in-C)

In addition to the above, there are two other Commands, the training Command with HQ at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur

The ranks of officers in Indian Air force in descending order:

Marshal of the Air force (not a regular rank. Only MIAF Arjan Singh been designated as Marshal of the Air force till now)

Air Chief Marshal(Chief of the Air force)

Air Marshal

Air Vice Marshal

Air Commodore

Group Captain

Wing commander

Squadron leader

Flight Lieutenant

Flying Officer

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT INDIAN NAVY

MOTTO: ‘SHANO VARUNA’ (meaning ‘May the Lord of oceans be auspicious unto us’)

COMMAND STRUCTURE OF INDIAN NAVY.

Western Naval Command, HQ at Mumbai
Southern Naval Command, HQ at Kochi
Eastern Naval Command, HQ at Vishakhapatnam

Each Command is headed by an officer of rank Vice Admiral called Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C).

The ranks of officers in Indian Navy in descending order:
Admiral of the Fleet (not a regular rank. No officer of the Indian navy ever given this honour)

Admiral(Chief of the Navy)
Vice-Admiral
Rear Admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant
Sub Lieutenant