Posted on 06/18/2022 6:57:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
India's military is overhauling its recruitment process for personnel below officer rank, aiming to deploy fitter, younger troops on its front lines, many of them on shorter contracts of up to four years, defence officials said on Tuesday.
India, which shares a heavily militarised border with Pakistan and is involved in a high-altitude Himalayan stand-off with China, has one of the world's largest armed forces with some 1.38 million personnel.
Soldiers have been recruited by the army, navy and the air force separately and typically enter service for a period of up to 17 years for the lowest ranks.
Under the new system, men and women between the ages of 17 and a half and 21 will be brought into the armed forces, many of them for a maximum four-year tenure.
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Who would protest a four year enlistment? I’m surprised the Indian Military can meet recruiting goals unfer their current system when everyone signs up to be a lifer.
As in many third world countries an army job is highly sought after. These guys want to be lifers. It’s a secure gig with lots of bennies.
The Indians have lots of NCO’s, which is a good thing. Their privates are overage.
If you must enlist for 17 years, I would expect that they are very top-heavy with NCOs, which may be why they’re now looking into shorter term enlistments.
The un-PC phrase we had in the Air Force was “all chiefs, no indians…”
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