Method Analysis
Senior Officers
A training team can organize training workshop at the training academies. It can also visit range headquarters and organize training in situ for the benefit of those officers who cannot be spared due to operational commitments. Lectures, seminars, workshops can be organized on following topic (s):-
- Security concepts and perception of LICO.
- Terrorism, LWE and radical terrorism.
- Jungle warfare.
- Leadership, management, human behavior and communication.
- Terrain analysis.
- Devising an operational deployment plan.
- Intelligence plan.
- Planning and conduct of anti-Maoist operations.
- Training of sub-units.
- Crisis management.
- Physical security plan.
Junior Leaders
A training team can organize cadres for junior leaders at the CPO academies or at range or battalion headquarter. This will enable junior leaders to get an exposure to latest concepts. Following subject (s) can be covered:-
- Leadership, management and control.
- Training of sub-units.
- Jungle warfare.
- Deployment of sub-unit in anti-Maoist operations.
- Routine in posts.
- Intelligence collection.
- Area domination.
- Offensive spirit.
- Planning and conduct of anti-Maoist operations at sub-unit level.
- Administration of sub-unit.
Troops Training
Training teams from RTCs and units not deployed in anti-Maoist operations can be formed to impart in-situ training to troops. Help of ex-servicemen who have served in counter-insurgency and been instructors at RTCs and other training institutions of the army can also be taken. A training cadre of suitable duration at unit and range level can train troops in situ. Following topics could be covered:-
There is no shortcut to training ““ operational shortcoming once noticed must be taken cognizance of and corrected.
- Overview of LWE with particular reference to the area of operations.
- Physical fitness.
- Firing.
- Field craft.
- Routine in a post.
- Planning of an operation at platoon or section level.
- Patrolling, ambush and area domination.
- Road opening.
- IED locating and diffusing.
- Long range patrol and sustained operations in jungles.
- Use of special equipment.
Training Venues
A training module of LICO needs to be included in the curriculum of officers, SOs and troops training at officers’ training academies and RTCs. Advance courses on anti-Maoist operations can be run at academies conducting advance courses. Each unit must raise its corpus of trainers, which will help it in running cadres and other training activities.
Training for officers, SOs and troops who cannot be spared due to operational commitment can be organized at range and battalion headquarters, ad hoc training centres and state police training centres by training teams.
Conclusion
Popular dictum “the more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war” is still very relevant. Training of senior officers, junior officers, junior leaders and men assumes importance if we want to succeed in operations with minimum casualties. Anti-Maoist operations are manpower intensive operations; taking out manpower exclusively for training may be hard on operational efficiency of the units and sub-units. In situ training of officers, junior leaders and troops is something very innovative and cost-effective method. There is no shortcut to training – operational shortcoming once noticed must be taken cognizance of and corrected.
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