Indian Navy creates history, appoints first woman commanding officer in the naval ship
For the very first time, Indian Navy appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said
New-Delhi: For the very first time, Indian Navy appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday.
We have appointed the first woman commanding officer of a naval ship. It is a fast attack craft that she will command in the western sea-board,” Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said here on Friday.
Following a strict selection process involving multiple tests, the official order was issued earlier this week, officials said. “The lady officer has to go through the pre-commission training before she takes over as CO,” he said.
In a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Admiral Kumar said the implementation of the Agnipath scheme has been a much-needed, transformational change.
“Our first batch of Agniveers graduated from the premier-winning establishment, INS Chilka, in March this year. And importantly, this batch of Agniveers includes 272 female Agniveer trainees as well. And going further, the second batch of Agniveers had a total of 454 women and I want to say that with the third batch, which has just been inducted, we have now crossed over 1000 women affiliates in the navy,”Admiral Kumar said.
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