Monday, April 18, 2011

Vice-Admiral Joshi to head Western Naval Command

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Vice-Admiral D.K. Joshi will be the new Chief of the Western Naval Command. He will take charge from Vice-Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin, who attains superannuation on April 30.

  • Vice-Admiral Joshi had assumed charge as the Chief of the Integrated Staff Committee last December in New Delhi after having served as the head of the Tri-Services Command at Port Blair.
  • The appointment of Vice-Admiral Joshi as Chief of the prestigious Western Command came after the government rejected the claim of Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil, who heads the Kochi-based Southern Naval Command.
  • Vice-Admiral Sushil filed a ‘statutory complaint' with Defence Ministry, stating he should be appointed as head of the Western Command since he is the senior most three-star officer after Vice-Admiral Bhasin.

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