Forces to form 3 joint military stations to bolster integration

The Indian armed forces on Wednesday decided to form three new joint military stations on the concluding day of the Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC-2025) in Kolkata in a step towards boosting jointness and integration among the three services, an essential prerequisite to the creation of theatre commands.

- HT Correspondent

Details of the plan or names of the three stations were not immediately known, but joint logistics nodes are already operational in Mumbai, Guwahati and Port Blair for the logistics integration of the three services.

‘Another decision pertained to merging the education wings of the three services and creating a tri-services education corps.

“On the final day of the Combined Commanders’ Conference 2025, a decision by all the Chiefs and Commanders for merging of education branches of three services to form a single #TriServices Education Corps was announced. The decision on formation of three #Joint Military Stations was also announced,” Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) wrote on X.

The need to enhance jointness and integration among the three services came into sharp focus at the top conference in Kolkata during a session chaired by chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructing the defence ministry to take swift and concrete measures to bolster greater jointness in the military to meet challenges of the future battlefield.

“Additionally, #CDS reviewed the directions given by Hon'ble #PM and #RM and discussed the roadmap of implementing them in a time bound manner. #CCC2025 has been instrumental in identifying and finalising the most important transformations required that will drive impactful changes in the future,” the IDS said.