Summary:
Army's South Western Command headquartered at Jaipur is an important operational command looking after the western borders. Since then the crucial appointment of Army Commander South Western Command is awaiting the posting of a fresh incumbent. He finally took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-Chief) of Army Training Command (ARTRAC) in Shimla in the month of September. "But armed forces never worked like this ....
not with respect to postings at such senior and sensitive posts", said an official.Meanwhile, South Western Command, the seventh and the youngest command of the Indian Army, christened as the Sapta Shakti is operating without a full time Army Commander. Its last commander Lt General Sarath Chand moved out on January 12 this year and assumed the important assignment of the Vice Chief of Army Staff at Army Headquarters in Delhi..