OBAMA'S SPEECH IN THE PARLIAMENT

OBAMA'S SPEECH IN THE PARLIAMENT

MARCOS

MARCOS (previously named as Marine Commando Force (MCF)) is an elite special operations unit of the Indian Navy. "MARCOS" is short for "Marine Commandos".
The force started off as the Indian Marine Special Force, the first batch qualifying in February 1987. It was later renamed as the Marine Commando Force (MCF) in 1991. The force has gradually acquired experience and a reputation for professionalism over the two decades it has been in existence. It is one of India's highest trained and best equipped forces.
The force was initially trained by the other special forces of the country, including those under the Home Ministry, the Army, Air Force, Police and paramilitary units. This was later supplemented by foreign training facilities, notably the SEALS of the U.S. Navy. Over the years, the force set up its own training facility, first as an adjunct of the operational company at Mumbai, later as the Naval Special Warfare Tactical Training Centre. Wide exposure to different forms of warfare have been obtained through field operations in counter insurgency and anti terrorist operations within the country, and joint exercises with more than a dozen countries across the world.

Strength and operations

The MCF presently has approximately 2000 personnel,though actual strength remains classified.
Operations undertaken by MARCOS usually remains classified but some of the known Operations are:
 

• Operation Pawan (Hindi for Wind): Part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1988.   Operation Cactus: Part of the Indian Navy contingent defending the democratic government of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Maldives from a coup. The force played a supporting role in India's successful military aid in helping foil the attempted coup by Sri Lankan militants from the PLOTE and ENDLF. A group of 47 mercenaries attempted to escape by sea with 23 hostages, on a hijacked vessel, MV Progress Light. The MCF was pressed into service along with INS Godavari, a multi role frigate carrying Seaking helicopters, Alize aircraft operating from the Navy's base at Kochi. INS Godavari trailed the hijacked vessel for a couple of days, firing intermittently with her guns on the vessel's superstructure. An Alize anti-submarine aircraft dropped two depth charges near the vessel, causing the motley collection of militants to come up on the upper decks and surrender. A contingent of the Marcos operating from Ratmalana Airfield on the outskirts of Colombo, with some help from the Sri Lankan Army in terms of specialised equipment, thereafter boarded the ship and accepted the surrender of the militants and took them into custody.    Operation Leech, which resulting in the slaying of a number of Burmese rebels at Narcondum Island in the North Andaman group of Islands. A small contingent of marcos was reputed to have been involved in the murky operation, which has found intermittent mention in various media.
• Operation Tasha, which was instituted after Operation Pawan wound up, and was more a coastal security operation on the Tamil Nadu coast to thwart operations of the LTTE there, than something belonging to the realm of special operations.
• Operation Swan, which was a similar exercise on the Gujarat and Maharashtra coasts, after the December 92 blasts in Mumbai, wherein the MARCOS were used for patrolling.
• The MARCOS are presently deployed at the Wular Lake in Kashmir, one of Asia's largest fresh-water lakes, where they have achieved significant success in counter insurgency operations against Kashmiri terrorists and Pakistani militants. They have earned notoriety among the terrorists who have given the MARCOS the nickname gharial(Alligator).
• Protecting offshore oil rigs and platforms. The MARCOS maintain a quick reaction team at Mumbai, to deal with threats to the offshore oil assets at Bombay High.
• Operation Black Tornado: MARCOS stormed the Trident and Taj Hotels at Mumbai during the recent terrorist attacks on 27 November, 2008 during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks , wounding one terrorist at the Taj, and sustaining two injuries. The second team deployed at the Trident Hotel at Nariman Point (the erstwhile Oberoi Towers) curiously failed to make contact with the militants there, later known to have holed up on the 18th floor, despite having spent hours in the hotel. The marcos were subsequently replaced by men from the National Security Guard on their arrival from Delhi later in the day, and withdrew to a supporting role.
• In its first ever action in the Gulf of Aden, MARCOS thwarted an attempt by pirates to capture the Indian merchant vessel MV Jag Arnav on November 11, 2008.
• On 13 December 2008 MARCOS units operating from the Indian Naval warship INS Mysore foiled a pirate hijack attempt of Ethiopian vessel MV Gibe off the Somali coast. In the process twenty three pirates were arrested

Training

Training includes the following:-
·    Open and closed circuit diving.
·    Basic commando skills including advanced weapon skills, demolitions, endurance training and martial arts.
·    Para training.
·    Intelligence training.
·    Operation of submersible craft.
·    Offshore operations.
·    Anti terrorist operations.
·    Operations from submarines.
·    Skydiving.
·    Various special skills such as language training, insertion methods, etc.
·    Explosive ordnance disposal techniques.

Politician's drama Wake Up Indians its high time now

see our beloved leaders how they fool us .. and how we follow them blindly.
its time to wake up .. Nation needs youths to come forward .. 

Natak
Mr. Rahul Gandhi do this work just for an hour....without media.
Then tell us what you got...
If you really want to Change our India....No need to show us.....
We will follow you......Definitely.

“Karunaa”Nidhi Fasting
First time in the world history fasting only 4 hours and that too with an AC …….
This is the comedy of the year 2009….Fasting starts after breakfast and ending before lunch. Interesting one!!

our so called leader who dont know how to respect the national anthem how can we expect they will respect the Nation

"So called godess"
shame on her. think her self above of nation...

NSG

History

The National Security Guard (NSG) was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country.  Thus the primary role of this Force is to combat terrorism in whatever form it may assume in areas where activity of terrorists assumes serious proportions, and the State Police and other Central Police Forces cannot cope up with the situation. The NSG is a Force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and is therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations. The Force is not designed to undertake the functions of the State Police Forces or other Para Military Forces of the Union of India.
    The NSG was modelled on the pattern of the SAS of the UK and  GSG-9 of  Germany.  It is a task-oriented Force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Para Military Forces / State Police Force.  All the personnel are on deputation.

Role

The NSG is a Federal Contingency Deployment  Force to handle anti-hijack operations, rescue operations and to provide tough support to the Central Para Military Forces in dealing with anti-terrorist activities in whatever shape they may take place in different parts of the country

Tasks

  Initially, only one Force was raised and was entrusted with:
·   Neutralising  specific   terrorist   threat    in   any   given  area,     building,   vital  installation etc.
·   Engaging terrorists or  suspected  terrorists in a specific  situations in  order to neutralize them.
·   Handling hijack situations involving piracy in the air and / or land.
·   Rescue of hostages in kidnap situations.

Additional Tasks 
    The  following  were  the  additional  tasks  entrusted in 1986-87:
·     Security of high risk VIPs.
·     Anti sabotage checks of venues of visits / public meetings of VVIPs.
·     Anti hijack duties in domestic and international flights.
·     Immediate back up security operations.
·     Data collection on bomb explosions.
·    Training of State Police personnel in anti-terrorism, VIP security.
·     PSO duties and Bomb Detection and Disposal.

International Competitions

 10th International Combat Team Competition 2007 was conducted by GSG9 at  Bonn, Germany  from 02 Sep to 07 Sep 07.  A total of 50 teams of various elite forces, predominantly from Europe,  participated in the competition.  NSG team won the obstacles cum endurance competition,  a first for any team from Asian countries. 

   9th   International Body Guards  Tournament 2007 was conducted at Yalta, Ukraine from 17 Sep to 22 Sep 07.  A total of 27 teams from various countries participated.

NSG team had following achievements:-      
1st  position in Team Firing Competition.     
1st  position and competition Record  in individual Firing Competition  by Naik Raj Kumar.

If You Can Not Stand Behind Our Troops , At least stand in front of them!

This, a 19 year old ex-cheerleader (now a Canadian Air Force Security Forces 'Sniper')
was watching a road in Afghanistan, that led to a NATO military base

when she observed a man digging by the roadside,

she engaged the target (i.e. she shot him). AND it turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban , and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a Canadian patrol walked by 30 minutes later.

It would certainly have killed and wounded several Canadian soldiers!
The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards!
She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through his butt and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces.


The Air Force made a motivational poster of her:

(Folks, that's a shot 25 yards longer than seven football fields!)

And the last thing that came out of his mouth .. Was his ass!

That is Canada


If that had happened in India, the following would be the aftermath.

1. J&K state declares 'hartal' and violent demonstrations follow, including the burning of Government buildings while the police watches!

2. The Indian Civil Right Groups, the Left Front and Mamata Banerjee demand an inquiry into the 'murder' of an innocent villager.

3. Teesta Setalwad says the man was actually answering nature's call and files a case against Modi accusing him of having influenced the National Conference Party whose Govt ordered the firing.

4. MF Hussain will draw a bare butt to honour the slain victim. "The Hindu"  will hail Hussain's freedom and artistry as an expression of free speech.

5. Barhka Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Prannoy Roy and others will debate for a  week whether it was right or just to fire at his butt, especially when he was bending

6. Mayawati would have called him a Dalit and installed a statue  of herself at the spot to commemorate the event.

7. The sniper would have been dragged to Court for attempted act of sodomy by way of a PIL submitted by Azad Kashmir Party.

 8.The Air force sniper would then face departmental enquiry and suspension because the 'Special Powers Act' for the army had been withdrawn earlier.

9. Manmohan would lose a night's sleep and declare a compensation of  Rs.10 lacs to the victim's family.

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