

4 ( Hazara) Mountain Battery with RML7 pounder "Steel Gun" Mountain Gun in Review Order. The army has embarked on an infantry modernisation program known as Futuristic Infantry Soldier As a System ( F-INSAS), and is also upgrading and acquiring new assets for its armoured, artillery, and aviation branches. It is the largest standing army in the world, with 1,237,117 active troops and 960,000 reserve troops. The army is an all-volunteer force and comprises more than 80% of the country's active defence personnel. Below the division level are permanent regiments that are responsible for their own recruiting and training. The Indian Army is operationally and geographically divided into seven commands, with the basic field formation being a division. The army has conducted large peace time exercises such as Operation Brasstacks and Exercise Shoorveer, and it has also been an active participant in numerous United Nations peacekeeping missions, including those in Cyprus, Lebanon, Congo, Angola, Cambodia, Vietnam, Namibia, El Salvador, Liberia, Mozambique, South Sudan, and Somalia. Other major operations undertaken by the army include Operation Vijay, Operation Meghdoot, and Operation Cactus. The army has been involved in four wars with neighbouring Pakistan and one with China. It is a major component of national power, alongside the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force. It conducts humanitarian rescue operations during natural calamities and other disturbances, such as Operation Surya Hope, and can also be requisitioned by the government to cope with internal threats. The primary mission of the Indian Army is to ensure national security and national unity, to defend the nation from external aggression and internal threats, and to maintain peace and security within its borders. The units and regiments of the Indian Army have diverse histories and have participated in a number of battles and campaigns around the world, earning many battle and theatre honours before and after Independence. The Indian Army originated from the armies of the East India Company, which eventually became the British Indian Army, and the armies of the princely states, which were merged into the national army after independence. Two officers have been conferred with the rank of field marshal, a five-star rank, which is a ceremonial position of great honour. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general. The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM General Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC Slow: Samman Guard (The Guard of Honour)Ģ014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes,Ģ016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes,Ģ020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes,.Quick: Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja (Keep stepping forward).
