What the Army has given you?

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A very good response indeed. Talking about "Çomradery", I remember being at a dinner where I met someone who was going to retire as Managing Director of an old Canadian MNC in India.We were talking about being able to meet and visit our regts or formations after retirement. I asked him if he has a lien on his company facilities like holiday homes and guest houses. His reply was "Not a chance. They have seen alot of me, think they are happy to see the back of me." There is no such thing in the corporate world where retired people are still given due respect and you belong somewhere.
Lt Gen SK Bahri (Retd)

What has Army Given You?
Army is a way of life. It is not about making a living. As far as supersession is concerned, lady, that is way of army life. You can’t complain just because your personal interest, as you perceive it, has not been looked after. Army has wonderful, time-tested evolved systems. You don’t fight personal battles for the heck of it. And it is about selfishness, dear – Service Before Self is our motto. Remember it is a Service (seva). There are no expectations of rewards in Seva, for Seva is considered its own reward. ‘What has Army given me?’, you asked. It has given me a glimpse and understanding of dimensions you, in the civil sector, can only wonder and feel over-awed about.
Have you any idea of camaraderie? When you see a soldier brave the shower of artillery shrapnel’s to rush to rescue his bleeding colleague just wounded in the shelling you KNOW the meaning of the word ‘camaraderie’. When you are lying in a hospital on a DI List, and there are 20 blood donors of your blood-group spending the cold night in the verandah of the hospital, just so that any emergency call for blood to save your life may be attended to, that is camaraderie. Camaraderie implies selfless help and support to someone who is not necessarily a friend. You have to cross Banihal, my dear, to understand all this.
Col Abhay Gupta
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