Life Is Interesting At Sea

Every moment is different and interesting at sea. As a young officer and as a captain’s representative standing on the bridge of your ship keeping a watch. You are in-charge of a ship worth Rs 3,000 crore. These are the kind of responsibilities you have on your shoulders. The thrill is that you are always looking for different solutions. You get into warfare like you have in those video games where aircraft are shot at sight. You get orders to fire away and later you take the decision to fire.

There are different disciplines and specializations in the navy. Among various branches are executive, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering and the logistics branch. In the executive branch, there are various specializations like communications specialist to help ships and aircraft communicate with each other, a gunnery branch to fire missiles. Then there is another branch - anti-submarine warfare branch which looks after everything that happens under water. Then there is aviation specialization and sub-specialization of executive branch that flies aircraft. The navigation branch makes sure that the ship moves safely from one place to another. These are the specializations available in the navy. Choose your field and specialize in that.

Women Role In Indian Navy

Women were inducted into the Indian navy for the first time in 1992, when twenty-two were trained as education, logistics, and law cadres. In 1993 additional women were recruited for air traffic control duties. By 1994 there were thirty-five women naval officers.Women are playing vital role in every aspect.

About Indian Navy

The Indian navy is deployed under three area commands, each headed by a flag officer. The Western Naval Command is headquartered in Bombay on the Arabian Sea; the Southern Naval Command in Kochi (Cochin), in Kerala, also on the Arabian Sea; and the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on the Bay of Bengal. Additionally, the navy has important bases in Calcutta and Goa.

The Southern Naval Command is responsible for naval officer training, which occurs at the Indian Naval Academy in Goa. Officer candidates are largely drawn from the National Defence Academy. After commissioning, officers are offered specialized training in antisubmarine warfare, aviation, communications, electronic warfare, engineering, hydrography, maritime warfare, missile warfare, navigation, and other naval specialties at various naval training institutions, many of which are collocated with the Training Command headquarters on Willingdon Island, near Kochi.