{"id":75918,"date":"2019-08-17T02:20:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=75918"},"modified":"2019-08-17T02:20:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T20:50:10","slug":"all-women-defence-team-conducts-adventure-patrolling-in-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/08\/17\/all-women-defence-team-conducts-adventure-patrolling-in-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"All-women defence team conducts adventure patrolling in Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Aug 16:<\/strong> A joint all-women team comprising members of the Army, the Assam Rifles and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police conducted an &#8216;adventure patrolling&#8217; in Arunachal Pradesh, Kohima-based defence spokesman Col Chiranjit Konwer said on Friday.<br \/>\nThe 18-member squad became the maiden all-women team to conduct an adventure patrolling in the Himalayas of the northeastern state, the spokesman said in a statement.<br \/>\n&#8220;The fully kitted and self-sustained patrol led by Indian Army women officers was launched on 10 August from Kibithu in remote Anjaw district of the state,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nBefore concluding the patrol on Independence Day on Thursday, the team went through a difficult terrain, crisscrossing streams and dense forests, where their navigation skills were tested.<br \/>\n&#8220;The women underwent training encompassing physical conditioning exercises, basic lessons on mountaineering, jungle survival, and motivation before the programme,&#8221; Col Konwer said.<br \/>\nDisplaying high standards of morale, motivation and resolve during the adventure patrol, the joint team of officers and soldiers exhibited the tremendous potential of women power, he added.<br \/>\nGeneral Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, lauded &#8220;the grit, professionalism and determination of the team members.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Aug 16: A joint all-women team comprising members of the Army, the Assam Rifles and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police conducted an &#8216;adventure patrolling&#8217; in Arunachal Pradesh, Kohima-based defence spokesman Col Chiranjit Konwer said on Friday. The 18-member squad became the maiden all-women team to conduct an adventure patrolling in the Himalayas of the northeastern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}