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The Territorial Army (TA) is a military reserve force composed of part-time volunteers who provide support services to the Indian Army.It consists of officers, junior commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and other personnel who hold ranks identical to those in the Indian Army, and also maintains civilian occupations.
Director General Territorial Army: Raju Baijal SM [39] Director General National Cadet Corps: Gurbirpal Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM [40] Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles: Major General: S H Naqvi SM, VSM [41] Additional Director General Army Education Corps: R Putarjunam [42] Judge Advocate General, Indian Army: Sandeep Kumar VSM
103 Air Defence Regiment was raised on 22 August 1949 at Colaba in Bombay (now Mumbai) as 103 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Territorial Army. It consists of 509, 510 and 511 air defence batteries. The regiment has been subsequently converted to a regular regiment of the Indian Army. [1] [2]
Major Navdeep Singh is a lawyer and the most decorated officer in the history of the Indian Territorial Army, [1] a volunteer force in which gainfully employed and self-employed professionals receive military training for a few days in a year so that in the event of a war or a national emergency they can bear arms for the defence of the nation.
The Parachute Regiment is an airborne and special forces regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army but was disbanded after World War II and was re-raised in 1952 as part of the Indian Army. Currently it consists of fifteen Special Forces, two Territorial Army and one Rashtriya Rifles battalions. [1]
Territorial Army may refer to: Territorial Army (India) Military Regional Command (Indonesia) Territorial Army (United Kingdom) Territorial Army (Ethiopia), part of the Ethiopian National Defense Force; Territorial Army (Germany), part of the West German Army during the Cold War; Armée territoriale, part of the French Army from 1872 to 1918
Consisting of military and civilian officers, the DMA will promote jointness in various areas such as procurement, training and staffing. [6] The DMA will deal the tri-service Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) Headquarters, with the headquarters of three armed force Army, Air and Naval, the Territorial Army and certain procurement requirements.
Of those in reserve, 300,000 are first-line reserves (within 5 years of active service), 500,000 are committed to return if called until the age of 50, and 160,000 were in the Indian Territorial Army, with 40,000 in regular establishment. This makes the Indian Army the world's largest standing volunteer army.