Infantry

Gen Shakti Gurung | Lieutenant General | Indian Army

What is Infantry?

Infantry is a great Career option. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Infantry actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Infantry. The internet is a great source of information on Infantry, but it is second best to learning about the same from a real professional.

Lieutenant General Gen Shakti Gurung has worked in Infantry for 39 years. Here is how Lieutenant General Gen Shakti Gurung detailed Infantry:

Infantry is the general branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot. As the troops who engage with the enemy in close-ranged combat, infantry units bear the largest brunt of warfare and typically suffer the greatest number of casualties during a military campaign. Historically, as the oldest branch of the combat arms, the infantry are the tip of the spear of a modern army, and continually undergo training that is typically more physically demanding and psychologically stressful than that of any other branch of the combat arms.

How Lieutenant General Gen Shakti Gurung got into Infantry?

After completing my schooling from a Boarding School in Dehradun. I joined National Defence Academy in 1971 and passed out from there in 1974. After NDA, I joined Indian Military Academy and was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1975. I served Indian Army for 40 years and retired in Oct 2014 as a Military secretary.

Lieutenant General Gen Shakti Gurung's Talk on Infantry

Starts with what is:
1)	Infantry

Next, it covers Education. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Infantry and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Infantry. Here is a list of Education items required for Infantry:
2)	War Movies
3)	Reading
4)	War Accords
5)	Coffee Table Books
6)	Military History

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Infantry depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. Here is a list of Skills required for Infantry:
7)	Team Building
8)	Leadership
9)	Quick Decision Making
10)	Ability to take risk
11)	Physical Fitness
12)	Mental Alertness
13)	People Skills

Positives of Infantry motivate one to work hard for the same. The Talk goes through this list of Positives of Infantry:
14)	Queen of the Battle
15)	Adventurous & Challenging
16)	Extra Allowances
17)	Quicker Promotions
18)	Inter Departmental Learning

Challenges define Infantry as much as the Positives of the same:
19)	Front Line Risk
20)	More front line duties
21)	Separation from family life
22)	Frequent Transfers

In the final section of the Talk, Gen Shakti Gurung talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
23)	Infantry

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Links for this Talk

Lieutenant General Gen Shakti Gurung's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/shaktigurung

LifePage Career Talk on Infantry

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/infantry

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20170810-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzxSvkicTGI

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