A grand Course Ending Parade was held at the Officers Training College (OTC) of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) Centre & College in Lucknow on June 18, marking the successful conclusion of a demanding 10-week Senior Cadre Course in Combat Medical Support and Leadership. The parade was reviewed by Major General Vinod Kumar Patra, Commandant and Chief Instructor, who has been instrumental in raising the training standards at the institution since assuming command in February 2025.
The course saw the graduation of 92 non-commissioned officers (NCOs) from across the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), all of whom were trained to deliver high-quality medical support in frontline combat situations. Emphasis was placed on rapid triage, evacuation techniques, trauma response, and field leadership—skills critical to battlefield survivability and efficiency. Data from previous deployments show that such training can lead to a 15% improvement in casualty survival rates.
Major General Patra commended the graduating NCOs for their dedication and highlighted the importance of combat medical training in India’s broader military preparedness, especially given ongoing operational demands along the country’s borders. He praised the synergy between technical competence and military leadership cultivated during the course.
One of the most moving moments of the event was the presentation of the Naik Deepak Singh VrC Rolling Trophy to Havildar Harsh Kumar Jha from MDC Jabalpur, who emerged as the course topper. The trophy commemorates Naik Deepak Singh, a gallant nursing assistant who was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra for his heroism during the 2020 Galwan Valley clash, where 20 Indian soldiers laid down their lives. The award reinforces the AMC’s ethos of honoring valor and excellence in military medical service.
The parade, attended by faculty, families, and fellow service members, concluded with a reaffirmation of the AFMS’s mission to provide exceptional medical support to India’s armed forces, with a growing emphasis on innovation, readiness, and battlefield capability.
