Indian Army deploys first girl officer at world’s highest battlefield in Siachen
5 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: After months of arduous coaching on the Siachen Battle School, Tuesday got here as a proud day for the Indian Army when Captain Shiva Chouhan turned the primary girl officer to get operationally deployed on the world’s highest battlefield, in Siachen Glacier.
The Siachen Glacier area holds army significance for the nation and is referred to as the very best militarised zone on the earth the place the troopers must battle frostbite and excessive winds.
The officer was posted on the Kumar put up, positioned at an altitude of round 15,600 ft in Siachen, on Monday for a three-month stint after she underwent rigorous coaching, Army officers mentioned.
Indian Army in a press release mentioned, “Capt. Shiva Chouhan obtained inducted to the Siachen Glacier on 02 January 2023 after an arduous climb. The workforce of Sappers led by Capt Shiva Chouhan can be chargeable for quite a few fight engineering duties and can be deployed on the put up for a period of three months.”
#WATCH | Capt Shiva Chouhan turns into the primary girl officer to get operationally deployed on the world’s highest battlefield, Siachen, after coaching at Siachen Battle School together with different personnel.
(Source: Indian Army) pic.twitter.com/He6oPwdQM9
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2023
Captain Chouhan from Rajasthan is a Bengal Sapper Officer. She needed to endure rigorous coaching on the Siachen Battle School the place she educated alongside the officers and males of the Indian Army.
“The training included endurance training, ice wall climbing, avalanche and crevasse rescue and survival drills. In spite of various challenges, Captain Shiva with unflinching commitment successfully completed the training and was all set to be inducted to the Siachen Glacier,” the Army mentioned.
The area is strategically essential because it jutted between the Saltoro Ridge and the Karakoram Ranges. The Saltoro Ridge overlooks the realm of Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) that’s beneath dispute with Pakistan. The Glacier can be near the Karakoram Pass by which the Karakoram Highway passes connecting Gilgit-Baltistan to Xinjiang Province of China. The Glacier area can be in proximity to the Shaksgam Valley, which was ceded to China by Pakistan.
Shiva, commissioned into the Engineer Regiment in May 2021, has accomplished her education in Udaipur and holds a bachelor’s diploma in Civil Engineering. She misplaced her father on the younger age of 11 and her mom who’s a housewife who took care of her research. Since her childhood, she had been motivated to hitch the Indian Armed Forces and showcased unparalleled zeal throughout coaching at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai.
As per the Army, Captain Shiva has been taking over difficult duties proper from the start of her service days. At a younger service of 1 12 months, Captain Shiva displayed grit and dedication by efficiently main the Sura Soi Cycling Expedition from Siachen War Memorial to the Kargil War Memorial carried out on the event of Kargil Vijay Diwas in July 2022 masking a distance of 508 km.
“The officer then took up the challenge of leading the men of Sura Soi Engineer Regiment at the world’s highest battlefield and based on her performance was selected to undergo training at the Siachen Battle School,” the Army mentioned.
NEW DELHI: After months of arduous coaching on the Siachen Battle School, Tuesday got here as a proud day for the Indian Army when Captain Shiva Chouhan turned the primary girl officer to get operationally deployed on the world’s highest battlefield, in Siachen Glacier.
The Siachen Glacier area holds army significance for the nation and is referred to as the very best militarised zone on the earth the place the troopers must battle frostbite and excessive winds.
The officer was posted on the Kumar put up, positioned at an altitude of round 15,600 ft in Siachen, on Monday for a three-month stint after she underwent rigorous coaching, Army officers mentioned.
Indian Army in a press release mentioned, “Capt. Shiva Chouhan obtained inducted to the Siachen Glacier on 02 January 2023 after an arduous climb. The workforce of Sappers led by Capt Shiva Chouhan can be chargeable for quite a few fight engineering duties and can be deployed on the put up for a period of three months.”
#WATCH | Capt Shiva Chouhan turns into the primary girl officer to get operationally deployed on the world’s highest battlefield, Siachen, after coaching at Siachen Battle School together with different personnel.
(Source: Indian Army) pic.twitter.com/He6oPwdQM9
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2023
Captain Chouhan from Rajasthan is a Bengal Sapper Officer. She needed to endure rigorous coaching on the Siachen Battle School the place she educated alongside the officers and males of the Indian Army.
“The training included endurance training, ice wall climbing, avalanche and crevasse rescue and survival drills. In spite of various challenges, Captain Shiva with unflinching commitment successfully completed the training and was all set to be inducted to the Siachen Glacier,” the Army mentioned.
The area is strategically essential because it jutted between the Saltoro Ridge and the Karakoram Ranges. The Saltoro Ridge overlooks the realm of Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) that’s beneath dispute with Pakistan. The Glacier can be near the Karakoram Pass by which the Karakoram Highway passes connecting Gilgit-Baltistan to Xinjiang Province of China. The Glacier area can be in proximity to the Shaksgam Valley, which was ceded to China by Pakistan.
Shiva, commissioned into the Engineer Regiment in May 2021, has accomplished her education in Udaipur and holds a bachelor’s diploma in Civil Engineering. She misplaced her father on the younger age of 11 and her mom who’s a housewife who took care of her research. Since her childhood, she had been motivated to hitch the Indian Armed Forces and showcased unparalleled zeal throughout coaching at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai.
As per the Army, Captain Shiva has been taking over difficult duties proper from the start of her service days. At a younger service of 1 12 months, Captain Shiva displayed grit and dedication by efficiently main the Sura Soi Cycling Expedition from Siachen War Memorial to the Kargil War Memorial carried out on the event of Kargil Vijay Diwas in July 2022 masking a distance of 508 km.
“The officer then took up the challenge of leading the men of Sura Soi Engineer Regiment at the world’s highest battlefield and based on her performance was selected to undergo training at the Siachen Battle School,” the Army mentioned.
