'Man Management is Key in Armed Forces'

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra on Monday emphasized on excellent man management in the armed forces and good civil-military relations.

Addressing the student officers undergoing higher command course at Army War College, Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, the Governor said that the man management context has been evolving ever after the times of Field Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, whose famed words have been motivating the Indian armed forces officers since 1924.

The famed words of Chetwode, "The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next. Your own ease, comfort and safety come last, always and every time," still inspired the armed forces, an official communiqué quoted the Governor as saying.

The Governor, who is a former faculty at the College of Combat at Mhow, renamed now as Army War College, said that man management in the armed forces now necessitates 'participative stakeholder concept'.

He advised the student officers to make their soldiers, sailors and air warriors a stakeholder for the promotion of their operational and logistical missions.

"The commanders in the armed forces get authority by appointment but they must win the loyalty and obedience of their troops by their loyal actions towards their juniors," Mishra pointed out.

The Governor exhorted the officers that their official conduct should have six tenets - transparency, accountability, probity, equal dispensation, self-audit and mid-course correction - when, where and as needed.

"Those military commanders who earn their reputation on these values, for sure, they become the real promoters of good civil military relations," he said.

Mishra reminded the student officers of the college that by the grace of god, they were men of means and men in authority and they must not forget their fundamental obligations towards fellow human beings. Commandant of the college and Colonel of Sikh Light Infantry Regiment Lt General Devendra Pratap Pandey, Dean of the college Major General Manoj Natarajan, Commander, Higher Command Wing Major General Rajeev Puri and Security Advisor to the Arunachal Pradesh government Major General SC Mohanty, were present among other senior officers on the occasion. The Army War College, Mhow is a defence services training and research institution of repute in the Indian Army. It develops and evaluates concepts and doctrines for tactics and logistics for the Army. The college trains more than a thousand officers of the Indian Army, as well as paramilitary forces every year. The college is the apex institution for the study about the higher directions of war in inter services environment, the communiqué added.

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