“Who will report to whom?”
In the recently concluded 2+2 dialogue the USA, Defence part, was represented by Secretary Mark Jesper.
Jesper, a thorough professional with a remarkable record – an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne (“Screaming Eagles”) who saw active service during Desert Storm and the Gulf War (awarded the Bronze Star); graduated in engineering from the Military Academy at West Point, New York; holds a master’s from Kennedy School at Harvard and a PhD from George Washington University; and was Secretary of the Army before taking over as Pentagon chief. Pentagon unlike our MOD is (wo)manned by a mix of soldiers and bureaucrats – as how a Defence Apex body should be.
India has seldom placed competent person at the head, Cabinet level, in Finance and Defence. Never ever in Defence. The answers or solutions are there for even a layman to see.. Only a gumption to act by the political dispensation of our democracy is required.
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“Who will report to whom?”
In the recently concluded 2+2 dialogue the USA, Defence part, was represented by Secretary Mark Jesper.
Jesper, a thorough professional with a remarkable record – an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne (“Screaming Eagles”) who saw active service during Desert Storm and the Gulf War (awarded the Bronze Star); graduated in engineering from the Military Academy at West Point, New York; holds a master’s from Kennedy School at Harvard and a PhD from George Washington University; and was Secretary of the Army before taking over as Pentagon chief. Pentagon unlike our MOD is (wo)manned by a mix of soldiers and bureaucrats – as how a Defence Apex body should be.
India has seldom placed competent person at the head, Cabinet level, in Finance and Defence. Never ever in Defence. The answers or solutions are there for even a layman to see.. Only a gumption to act by the political dispensation of our democracy is required.
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Within the Command the predominant a Service should take charge. Yes, some new regulations will be required to streamline the system here.