New Delhi: The Indian Navy has decided to open the doors of its Special Commando Force (MARCOS) to women. Their special forces are formed by including some of the strongest soldiers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. who go through rigorous training. These commandos are capable of responding swiftly and stealthily to the enemy in every way in dangerous areas. So far only men have been joining the Marcos Commando Force. In this sense, this decision of the Navy is historical.
According to a Hindustan Times news, a Navy official told that if women in the Navy fulfill all the necessary criteria for this, they can now become Marine Commandos (Marcos). It is indeed a historic moment in the military history of India. No one is sent directly to the Special Forces unit. People have to send their own names for this. Marcos is given rigorous training to carry out many dangerous missions and they can work to complete all kinds of missions on the sea, air, and land. These commandos can fight against enemy warships, in all kinds of conditions in the coastal areas of the ocean. They can also fight terrorists in the sea. They have also been deployed in the Wular Lake area of Kashmir to deal with terrorists.
A Navy official said that the option of becoming MARCOS voluntarily would be open to both women officers and sailors. The women sailors are going to join the service next year as Agniveer. The opportunity for women to join the Navy’s Special Commando Force is open at a time when the Army is on the verge of inducting them into the Personnel Below Officer Rank Cadre (PBOR) for the first time. The Navy is training its first batch of firefighters, including women, at the INS Chilka training center in Odisha. There are 3,000 trainees, including 341 women, in the first batch of Navy’s Agniveers.
