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10th January 2012, 18:41 | #46 |
BHPian | Re: Joining The Armed Forces I took wanted to join the NDA and become a fighter pilot. Being the only son, my dad gave me only one chance to attempt the NDA exam. Unfortunately i could not make it then. I still feel the pangs of regret, when i hear the Sukhois flying, but i know that the chances of me joining the IAF and then qualifying the high physical standards of a fighter pilot would have been very very dim. But it is still a good armchair dream. |
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10th January 2012, 19:25 | #47 | |
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I am interested to know what is it that Armed Services provide, which is labeled as quality of life. If it matches my parameters, I would also encourage my kids to join the Armed Forces. As far as 6th pay commission salary is concerned, the same salary structure is applicable to all Central Govt departments like Banks, Post Office, Railways, CPWD, PSUs and many more. What are the additional perks provided by the Armed Forces ? What you call awe-inspiring moments, I call cheap thrills. I am no adrenaline junkie, this factor doesn't excite me. I'm not saying that I am right or you are wrong, its just that different people may feel differently about the same thing. I don't see why defence personnel should command any additional respect than any other govt employee. I equally respect people working in Banks, Post Offices, Railways, colleges, hospitals, courts and other Govt departments. People from all departments are doing their respective duties towards the society. People from one particular department should not blow their own trumpet and pretend as if they are elite members of society. If you consider your subordinate's salute as a mark of respect, then you are highly mistaken. That salute comes out of fear and compulsion, it is not a mark of respect. Flying a costly aircraft is a matter of pride, why ? Does the pilot own that aircraft ? Has he designed any component of that aircraft ? He is simply operating something which has been designed by someone else and purchased by someone else. It is like saying that a BMTC bus driver is proud that he is driving an expensive Volvo bus. (Pardon me for the crude comparison, but it drives home the point) I saw the NDA video, I am still unclear on boy to man conversion. All I could get from the video was some boys getting up early morning to do physical exercise and later sleep in the lecture sessions, and their professors have no problem with students sleeping in their class. What I conclude from this video is that our nation is being guarded by people who can't even remain awake in a lecture. Rohan | |
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10th January 2012, 19:51 | #48 | |
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You have made some hard hitting points. What are your parameters for Quality of Life? Rgds n respects Last edited by GTO : 11th January 2012 at 16:20. Reason: Fixing quote | |
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10th January 2012, 20:19 | #49 |
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| Re: Joining The Armed Forces @Rohan Sure, everyone is doing their duty. But none of the others are expected to pledge their life towards their duty and the nation. That alone makes a man in uniform special. I do wish military service is made compulsory in India for a specific period after graduation. Am I right in assuming you are an IIT grad from your handle? If so, the stock of IIT has dropped considerably in my book after reading your irreverent post. |
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10th January 2012, 20:24 | #50 | |
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Agree with what you wrote about different people's different feelings. Few points from my side: - You don't want to share your side on quality of life, your choice. Without knowing that, it will be kinda pointless for me to explain each and every thing. - About cheap thrills, your preferences might be little different. Tell me something exciting that you have done and I will see how we can be on the same page. Please tell me at least one thrilling moment from your life. - Regarding respect for every Govt. and non-Govt. department, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Then, why extra respect for defence personnel? Well, for starters, it comes naturally in our society. Defence people are not elite, even than they are respected out there. Hard to explain really! You know why, because every thing has its role to maintain a certain system in our society. All departments serve the society, and hence each person's job has an unique importance. It comes down to priorities of the services. For any nation to stand by its own, its self-defence is the first priority IMO. Who does that? Not you not me! The responsibility comes down to those brave-hearts who have chosen serving their nation by defending its borders. Now, bus, railways, postal services are also equally important but they do not hold the candle for a moment if safety of the system they are running in is compromised by any means. - The aircrafts do not belong to the pilots, and they are not flying for fun. They are there for a purpose. A serious purpose! Apart from patriotism, why pride in flying aircrafts? Well, practically; simply because only a handful are given an opportunity to do that. Its like feeling proud to be in top 10 IITians in India, and you know better why they should feel proud. Because they have achieved their goal and there will be a queue for companies to hire them up. Now if you say why there will be a queue for them, simply because they are ELITE and top 10! - Salute is not only a mark of respect, it also comes under procedures for greeting, courtesy, code of conduct etc. in Armed Forces. Forces have to stick to an ubiquitous way to do the same. - Not clear in the video, may be true in that particular film. Growing into men means start taking responsibilities, I guess you know this simple meaning. These young boys are taught not only disciplined way of living life, but also are made credible for the job they will be responsible for; our nation's defence that it. And the quality of the training is of such high standards, it actually brings out the best out of those young kids. I hope I made the things a bit transparent. Also, please keep in mind that this thread is actually been created to encourage the kids to join Armed Forces. My humble request will be not to write anything just for the sake of arguments. | |
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10th January 2012, 20:32 | #51 | ||
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10th January 2012, 21:02 | #52 | |||
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@ nanduchitnis: We know your intentions about initiating this thread. I am thankful to you for the vision. I personally want anyone to read this thread and get pumped up, not look at irrelevant discussions and think this is all the same bullsh*t written everywhere. Would like more inputs from first hand experienced guys on the forum. One way to do it will need some organization. I am posting the official websites for the three divisions here. Official website of Indian Air Force Official Website of Indian Army Indian Navy All three websites are self explanatory and are providing elaborative details on the procedures for joining. Anyone interested, please have a look. All the best. | |||
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10th January 2012, 21:04 | #53 | |
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| Re: Joining The Armed Forces Dear Rohan, my answer to you are in bold below!! Quote:
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10th January 2012, 21:15 | #54 | ||
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I am not saying it happens every day, I am not saying it will never happen, and I am not a D-day fanatic either. I am just trying to clarify what differentiates boys from men. Reminds me of the army engg corp that erected the bridge in the common wealth games in 2 days or so, when it crumpled even before the games had started. I don't know how much you understand about international politics and economics, but armed forces plays a lot bigger role in establishing a country's authority and well being than just engaging in a war. The least you could do is plead ignorance rather than blabber your views. About your vision of armed forces, you might want to consider that a bus driver has to rarely dodge missiles and make split decisions to save the lives (literally) of his country men or his own squadron. Not to mention experiencing multiple Gs of gravity and mantainig fitness level for that. Ditto for other govt servants. The NDA video is a just snapshot of the life in NDA. I am pretty sure I have seen worse about IIMs and IITs . I have a brother from IIT and a close friend from NDA. I was a reject from both! Personally, I find the system in US much better where almost everybody I meet has served in AF for sometime, and they come out prepared for civilian life just because again, almost everybody they meet has served in AF, and they don't feel left out. In India usually careers are considered lifelong, and that may be a part of the problem. You are either a serviceman, or you are a civilian. EDIT: Quote:
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10th January 2012, 21:49 | #55 | |
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That reason is the motto which is inscribed in the Chetwode Hall at the IMA, Dehradun - "The safety, honour and welfare of your country come first, always and every time. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next. Your own ease, comfort and safety come last, always and every time." Even though the IMA is an Army institution, this is the ethos which every soldier/sailor/airman, officer or otherwise, lives his life by, and which has been proven time & again by the innumerable sacrifices that our armed forces have given to safeguard our democracy and freedom. Peace. Cheers, Vikram | |
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10th January 2012, 22:12 | #56 |
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| Re: Joining The Armed Forces I couldn't stop myself from posting here - Well, let us not isolate and target Rohan for his post and neither Ace F355 for his posts. We all have different views and opinions and let us respect each other’s views and opinions. If we try to put forward the +ves and -ves of each and every profession (at least in our country) then there will be 100s of posts justifying and criticizing each of them (and believe me with valid points), including Armed forces. Each of us (in our own profession) is important to the society (you may well consider it as our country) in our own way. It’s a balance, without which all of us will suffer. Armed forces are important to our country as well as the Farmers. Let us be practical and not be so emotional to criticize others point of view and form an opinion about an institution based on a single post (IIT or Armed forces). ----------- I would like to thank @nanduchitnis for the initiative he took by creating a thread here. However, IMO, it’ll be good if you request the moderator and update your opening post with few more points and be specific and clear about your intention here. To me - this thread is created for a specific purpose, which is not to compare and criticize other profession, but to answer queries and help guide individuals who are interested in Armed Forces (Army/Navy/Air force). They need not be necessarily members of this forum, but members can guide those aspirants and post the queries on their behalf. Friends, this is an unique opportunity for Armed Forces aspirants, utilize this, browsing through website is something and getting your doubts clarified from someone who served the forces for 20yrs or more it totally different. I am sure there are many active and retired armed forces personnel who are monitoring this thread and will be more than happy to guide you. Please utilize this opportunity and let us not dilute the intention of this thread. @nanduchitnis, please take the lead here to keep this thread on track. Otherwise, it’ll be like so many other threads here in Team-BHP which will end up with argument and counter argument and the primary intention of this thread will be lost. |
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BHPian | Re: Joining The Armed Forces Nice thread Chitnis sir! And since you represent the men in white and Faugi the men in OG, let me for a while represent the men in blue. I am an officer in the air force, a fighter pilot and have flown all the aircraft mentioned in this thread so far. I am also in a position today where I am playing an integral part in the transformation of the youngsters that have made it to fighters after their basic training into fighter pilots. A lot of interesting points have been put forth in this thread so far and Rohan's points seem to be the most belligerent. While a lot of plausible counter arguments (by many non-faugis as well) have already been put up, let me add another dimention to this argument on certain points which I feel have not been suitably answered yet. For the record, I am not trying to belittle any one's point of view, but, trying to ensure that any reader gets a whole some perspective into what the services stand for and hence are better informed and hopefully a bit motivated to encourage people to join the AF. Quote:
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10th January 2012, 23:00 | #58 | |
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I come from a family where 60% of my father's generation served in the armed forces. So I do know a thing about two about the men in uniform. But I will not get into the merits or demerits of joining the armed forces. My objection is to the viewpoint that one job/vocation is better than the other. I don't recall any dentist or doctor or lawyer or businessman or software programmer or car tuner starting a thread about getting their children to join their profession. What makes you think that what you do is superior to or better than what others do? Infact what gives any parent the right to decide what their children should do? Let your children decide where their interests lie and then give them your full support, irrespective of your personal prejudices. That is your responsibility as a parent, to encourage your children in finding their calling and then supporting their decisions wholeheartedly, even if they want to be a chef or a hairdresser. | |
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| Re: Joining The Armed Forces I have nothing against armed forces. It is a good career option, my uncle is in IAF. I would be happy if my son chooses to join the forces and would be equally happy if he chooses another profession. I did consider it once however I knew I wasn't athletic enough to endure it. Rohan has put very valid argument. I don't know why are we shying away from argument and constructive discussion. If the topic doesn't welcome valid arguments then why post in a public fora. Every profession deserves respect and armed forces shouldn't be any different, most importantly if one feels respect seeing and armyman and not to an honest banker,honest doctor, honest nurse or an honest judge then I would think there is something wrong in the guy/gal. A banker and an engineer are equally important for nation building as a soldier. An engineer is not trained to dodge rocket and a soldier is not trained to design automobiles or maintain accounts. So we can really compare the two professions. Quote:
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10th January 2012, 23:32 | #60 | |
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You very conveniently skipped the sentence following this one. I am not going to take this thread any more off topic than it already is. Quote:
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