Article Posted on : - Oct 12, 2023

A glimpse of an operation by the Indian Navy on a ship at its Eastern Naval Command. Vice Adm Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command reviewed the operational readiness of the Eastern Fleet at sea. He witnessed various surface, sub-surface, air and anti-air operations by ships of the Eastern Fleet. A PTI Photo

NEW DELHI (PTI): Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar has emphasised that station commanders are at the forefront of practising the 'Ships First' approach.

He said this on Wednesday in his address at a Station Commanders' Workshop in Visakhapatnam.

Station Commanders are at the forefront of practising the 'Ships First' approach and this goes beyond the concept of welfare measure. The first pillar of 'Ships, Submarines and Aircraft First' conveys the primacy to operations and therefore, welfare must always be oriented towards strengthening war-fighting capability, the Navy chief was quoted as saying in a statement.

He also highlighted the continuous support to the needs of operational units, focus on quality and standard of transit accommodation, and aggregation of resources among other subjects.