Indian Navy

INS Garuda is an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, in the state of Kerala. Commissioned on 11 May 1953, it is the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy . The air station is adjacent to INS Venduruthy and the headquarters of Southern Naval Command . INS Garuda is a major naval air training center as well as an operational base. The original airstrip near Kochi was built by the Cochin Port Trust to transport senior officials of the British Harbour Corps from the Madras Presidency for supervising the development of modern Kochi port in 1936. During World War II , the rudimentary airstrip was taken over by the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) in 1941 and expanded to establish an RAF experimental station. The Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve (IAFVR) No. 5 Coastal Defence Flight, flying Westland Wapiti II aircraft was based at the station in May 1941. In December 1942, IAFVR No. 5 was disbanded, and resources transferred to HMS Garuda in Peelamedu, Tamil Nadu. In 1943, the

  The Indian Navy is the water-based army of the Indian Armed Forces . It is well balanced and three-dimensional force. It operates under the water, on the water, and above the water of the sea and the oceans, safeguarding us and our water border against the enemies. The Navy has the following three Commands, each working under the control of a Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief:- The Western Naval Command (HQ at Mumbai). The Eastern Naval Command (HQ at Visakhapatnam) The Southern Naval Command (HQ at Kochi)   The Western Naval Command and the Eastern Naval Command are ‘Operational Commands’, and exercise control over operations in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal respectively. The Southern Command is the Training Command. The cutting edge of the Indian Navy has its two Fleets, namely the Western Fleet, based at Mumbai, and the Eastern Fleet, based at Visakhapatnam. The defense of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a joint responsibility of all three services and is coo

  Officers and Sailors get pleasure from generous leave time. Officers are entitled to sixty days of annual leave and twenty days of casual leave. As a sailor, you’re entitled to sixty days’ annual leave and thirty days of casual leave. You’ll additionally accumulate thirty days of leave in an exceedingly year that you’ll encash at the time of retirement. The buildup of leaves includes a limit that is stipulated from time to time. Officers and their relations area unit entitled to free rail / traveling inactive once a year. Six travel concessions forms also are licensed to every officer for playing a journey by train. Sailors and their families area unit entitled to free rail travel inactive once a year. Travel concessions by rail/ air also are provided on alternative occasions. Health-Care is crucial just in case of a medical emergency. Rising medical prices and skyrocketing insurance premia will build it troublesome to afford quality treatment. within the Indian Navy , we tend t

  INS Mysore  is a Delhi-class  guided-missile destroyer currently in active service with the Indian Navy. INS Mysore  was built at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai. Her keel was laid down in February 1991 and she was launched on 4 June 1993. Sea trials began in the Arabian Sea in March 1999, and she was commissioned on 2 June 1999 by then  Prime Minister of India , Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Her first CO was Captain Rajiv Dhamdhere. She is the successor to INS Mysore that served in the Indian Navy from 1957 to 1985. Her crest features a double-headed eagle (Gandaberunda) from the sigil of the erstwhile House of Wodeyar of Mysuru.   Operations Colombo, 2008 In August 2008, Mysore along with the destroyer  Ranvir , were anchored just outside  Sri Lankan  territorial waters to provide security for the Indian prime ministers  Dr Manmohan Singh , and other high-ranking officials at the 15th  SAARC  summit. Gulf of Aden, 2008 In November 2008, Mysore was deployed to the  Gulf of Aden  to re

  INS Vishal , also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 2 (IAC-2), is a planned  air craft carrier to be built by  Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy . It is intended to be the second aircraft carrier to be built in India after  INS Vikrant  (IAC-1). The proposed design of the second carrier class will be a new design, featuring significant changes from Vikrant, including an increase in displacement. An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) CATOBAR system is also under consideration. Its name Vishal means 'giant' in Sanskrit.   In April 2011, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma stated that construction of the second carrier was some years away as there were a number of higher spending priorities for the navy .The design stage of IAC-2 began in 2012, and was undertaken by the navy 's Naval Design Bureau. The navy decided not to seek outside help in preparing the design concept and implementation plans, but might seek help from the Russian Design Bureau later to i

Today, a glorious era of INSViraat being the flag ship of the Indian Navy came to an end. INS Viraat , the second Centaur-Class aircraft carrier in service which has spent 30 years in the Indian Navy and 27 years in the Royal Navy, was decommissioned on the day, in a solemn yet grand ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. The decommissioning ceremony was attended by more than 1300 personnel who have served on board INS Viraat. Admiral Sir Philip Jones, KCB, ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff of Royal Navy, Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha, PVSM, AVSM, NM the commissioning Commanding Officer of INS Viraat were the guests of honour, while Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff, was the Chief Guest for the ceremony. To commemorate “30 years of Glorious Service to the Nation” by INS Viraat , a Special Postal Cover was released by the Chief Guest on the occasion. INS Viraat holds the world record as mentioned in the Guinness Book of records for being the longest