First Batch of 5 Women Army Officers Commissioned into Regiment of Artillery; 3 Posted to Units Along LAC

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In a historic first, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery and three of them have been posted to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, military sources said on Saturday. Lt Mehak Saini, Lt Sakshi Dubey, Lt Aditi Yadav, Lt Pious Mudgil and Lt Akanksha have joined the Army’s premier artillery units after successfully completing their training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai. Out of the five women officers, three are posted to units deployed along the borders with China and the other two in “challenging locations"...