Ablaze in a Blizzard

MEG &Centre,Bangalore. The recruits Trg is divided intothree phases. Basic, Field Engineering and work shop. The Basic and Field engineering are of three months each and workshop phase depends upon the trade of the recruit. Attestation is done within 52 weeks of trg and recruit becomes young soldier after attestation. The commanding officer can discharge a recruit as unsuitable for the Army within 3 months. The disciplinery powers given to officers covers almost all aspect of human conduct, which will make a soldier extremely difficult to escape under a capable officer.

Ganesan had spent almost one year as single as his wife was expecting their first baby and this gave plenty of time to Ganesan to understand all aspects of soldier training. Some of the acts and its implications are taken casually when the officers do not pay proper attentions. For example, Police verification of character and family back ground has to be done as soon as possible before the recruits are given wider and deeper training. A casual approach in this will lead to higher training being given to criminals if the police verification is negative as unsuitable for Army. Many times recruits are found unsuitable for Army and Ganesan used to wonder what type of recruitment had been done. Once Ganesan found a recruit very weak inspite of extended training and decided to discharge him as unsuitable. At that time the recruit cried that he has paid Rs. 30,000 for geting this enrolement and he had been given clerk trade. Ganesan did not know what ot do. Physically he was very waek and almost failing in all tests. He could be given Cook, Safaiwala, Barberand retained, but he will never do his trade work as he was from higher cast. So Ganesan was forced to discharge him. Had Ganeasan not observed him he could have easyly finished his training with the help of corrupt officials. More.......