Leh, July 04: General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s Leh based Fire and Fury Corps Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla on Thursday visited the forward areas of Ladakh to assess the operational preparedness of troops deployed at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
“GOC Fire and Fury Corps visited the forward areas of Forever in Operations Division”, firefurycorp posted on X (formerly twitter).
The GOC appreciated the high standard of operational preparedness, professionalism, and steadfastness of the troops deployed in the difficult terrain.
“GOC Fire and Fury Corps visited the forward areas of Forever in the Operations Division. GOC appreciated the high standard of operational preparedness, professionalism, and steadfastness of the troops deployed in the difficult terrain”, firefurycorp posted on X.
Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla took over command of the ‘Fire and Fury Corps’ from Lt Gen Rashim Bali on July 1, with Lt Gen Bali moving to Delhi for his next posting.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Lt Gen Bhalla was commissioned into the 11 Maratha Light Infantry in June 1990 which he later commanded.
The officer had the privilege of commanding a mountain brigade on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Ladakh sector and an armoured division in the Punjab sector.
During his career, Lt Gen Bhalla has held numerous important staff appointments such as the colonel general staff of an infantry division on the LoC, defence attache at the Embassy of India in an important neighbouring country, brigadier general staff (operations) of the Fire and Fury Corps and brigadier military secretary in the Military Secretary’s Branch.
