New Delhi, Feb 17: Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, embarked on an official visit to the United States, where he engaged in discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and fostering global peace and security efforts, and visited Headquarters of 1 Corps of the US Army. During his four-day visit to the US, he also visited the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), the forefront military innovation unit of the US Army in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Army Chief  Gen. Manoj Pande commenced his visit by reviewing the US Army Guard of Honour. He then participated in a solemn ceremony, paying respects by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery. Further, Gen. Manoj Pande engaged in high-level professional discussions with General Randy George, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

 

During his visit, the Army Chief also visited the Army Geospatial Centre at Fort Belvoir and interacted with the Vice President of the National Defense University at Fort McNair. Gen. Manoj Pande held discussions with the Charge d'Affaires of the Indian Embassy in the United States, where they deliberated on important ongoing and prospective initiatives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During his visit to Headquarters of 1 Corps of the US Army, where he received briefings on the Stryker Unit, Multi-Domain Task Force, and the Special Forces Group, aiming to explore opportunities for more significant training engagements. The US Army's Multi-Domain Task Force is a theater-specific unit that uses long-range precision effects. They are the organizational centerpiece in the US Army's operationalization of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). MDO describes how the Army can counter and defeat a near-peer adversary in all domains.

 

 

 

 

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Pande visited the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), the forefront military innovation unit of the US Army in San Francisco. During his visit to the DIU, he interacted with Doug Beck, the Director of DIU and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. The Defence Innovation Unit, DIU, is the only U.S. Department of Defence organization focused exclusively on fielding and scaling commercial technology across the U.S. military to help it solve critical problems and build a force for the future.

 

 

 

 

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