Passing out parade of 1st batch of Agniveers to be on March 28

March 25, 2023 21:51

The Passing Out Parade of the first batch of Agniveers is slated to take place at INS Chilka on March 28, the Navy said on Saturday.

Traditionally, Passing Out Parades have been conducted in the morning hours, however, this historic POP is scheduled to be conducted post-sunset, a first of its kind in the Indian armed forces, officials said.

Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff will be the Chief Guest, and the Reviewing Officer of the POP, they said. The POP marks the successful completion of training of close to 2,600 Agniveers, including 273 women Agniveers, undergoing training at Chilka in Odisha.

"The Passing Out Parade (POP) of the First batch of Agniveers is scheduled at INS Chilka on March 28," the Navy said in a statement.

As part of their transformation to sea warriors, the Agniveers underwent 16 weeks of ab initio training at INS Chilka, the premier sailors' training establishment of the Indian Navy.

The training at INS Chilka encompassed academic, service and outdoor training, based on the core Naval values of duty, honour and courage, it said.

The successful trainees would be deployed on frontline warships for their sea training, the Navy said.

This first batch of Agniveers also includes those Agniveers (men and women) who were part of the Indian Navy Republic Day Parade contingent on the Kartavya Path on January 26 this year, officials said.

On June 14, 2022, the defence minister and the three Service chiefs launched the Agnipath Scheme. In consonance with the central government's initiative of a pan-India merit-based Agnipath recruitment scheme, Indian Navy oriented its selection, training and deployment methodology to lay the foundation of a contemporary, dynamic, younger and technically equipped future-ready, the statement said.

"The Navy further leveraged this opportunity to commence the entry of women Agniveers; consequently, close to 2,600 Agniveers including 273 women Agniveers were inducted in the Indian Navy, and commenced their training at INS Chilka, in November 2022," it added.

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