A special Joint Division has also been created at the Defence Services Staff College to foster a collaborative and inter-service approach to jointness and integration in warfare and focus on inter-service understanding and cooperation, thus empowering them to lead the way in the upcoming era of Theatre Commands.Building consensus, including those on the formulation of the ITCs have been the high point, amongst the three services and top leadership in the Government. Enumerating more on the additional actions been taken for seamless adoption of the Theaterisation, sources listed: “Due impetus has been given towards developing greater tri-services synergy and enhance Jointness and Integration under eight key domains viz Operations & Intelligence, Operational Logistics, Capability Development, Communications & Info Tech, Training, Maintenance & Support Services, Human Resources and Administration & Legal aspects.”, sources elaborated.Aides-de-Camp (ADCs), as the personal staff, are privileged ones and a selected lot of the Armed Forces of the ranks of the Captain/ Major and equivalent ranks from the other services. The ADCs serve the three Service Chiefs, Force Commanders, and the Corps Commanders. The Services personnel posted with the Governors are also ADCs. The emphasis of the current CDS has been “spearheading a consensus-based approach amongst the three services the success of which is going to knock the door of our defence forces in 2025. India would be the first democratic country in the world which will be successful in adopting Theaterisation through consensus building amongst the three services, viz Army, Navy and Air force.”To underline the process of consensus the sources mentioned, “the Theaterisation has been adopted by those countries which either follow the autocratic way of functioning (Russia, China) or by the Government order in top-down format (USA) or those who have a security umbrella like NATO (France, Germany). There has been no democratic country in the world which has succeeded in adopting Theaterisation after building willing consensus amongst the three main services viz Army, Navy and Air Force.”
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