Army, Navy, IAF to jointly train for nuclear biological chemical warfare and intelligence
Integrated Defence Staff headquarters has planned joint tri-services institutes for training in select subjects at existing institutes.
New Delhi: The Integrated Defence Staff headquarters is giving final touches to its planned Joint Services Training Institutes (JSTIs), which will offer joint training to Army, Navy and Air Force officers in select subjects, ThePrint has learnt. Intelligence, military law, nuclear biological chemical warfare (CBRN), music and catering are among the subjects in which the officers will be trained jointly, said sources. The JSTIs will operate from existing institutes where the services currently train. Each JSTI will have one of the three services leading the institute. For instance, the Army will be the lead service for the JSTIs for CBRN and intelligence, said sources. According to a senior government official, the JSTIs for CBRN, music, catering, military law and intelligence have been established. However, the services are finalising their draft government sanction letter. “Additionally, the School of Foreign Languages will also function as a JSTI. The institute, which sees officers of t…