CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF UNIT CITATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS PRESENTED

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General S Padmanabhan, Chief of the Army Staff presented the CHIF OF THE ARMY STAFF (COAS) CITATIONS for outstanding performance in Counter Insurgency (CI) to 14 Units of the Army. The Citations which are traditionally presented at the Army Day Parade on 15 January were presented on the occasion of the Bi-annual Army Commanders' Conference as the Army Day Parade was not held due to operational commitments this year. 18 SIKH, 8 Maratha Light, 17 Assam Rifles won unit citations for their outstanding performance in CI operations in the North East. The units which were honoured with the coveted citations for their contributions in the CI operations in J & K are 5 Rajputana Rifles, 14 Rajput, 2 SIKH, 16 Sikh, 20 Sikh, 14 Garhwal Rifles, 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, ¼ Gorkha Rifles, 27 Rastriya Riles, 2 Rastriya Rifles (SIKH LI) and 357 Intelligence and Field Security Unit. The COAS Sports Championship Trophy was also presented to Madras Sappers who have had the distinction of winning the same for the 5th time. The second and third positions for the sports championship went to the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers and Army Service Corps respectively. The silver trophy for the best Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) went to 111 Infantry Battalion (TA), KUMAON.