Day 5-Indian Navy Special
Christmas was here and as the students were all eager to celebrate Christmas Eve we headed down to a church nearby our hotel and we prayed and celebrated in a unique way by joining a Midnight mass.
Later, we reached the hotel and packed our bags to get ready for a thrilling day were we enthusiastic and ready to see the navy ships.
On the next day we were guided by CDR Rath, Education Officer who took us through a guided tour of the ship Investigator.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command is a tri-service theatre command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region
We saw 3 naval ships; first one was the Investigator which was used by the Indian navy to research on Hydrography. The Naval hydrographic service under the Chief hydrographer to the Govt of India is an Indian Naval organisation. Besides charting Indian waters the service has provided yeoman service is charting foreign waters of littorals friendly nation.
The Investigator primary role is to carry out hydrographic survey tasks and is actively involved is preparations of Marine Charts and electronic Maps for ECOIS system. During disaster relief ops Investigator may be called upon to perform duties of a hospital ship. The ship is fitted with the state of the art electronic, hydrographic survey and navigation equipment
The second one was quite mindboggling as it was more than 700 metre in length and the only floating dock in the whole Asian continent which was used to repair other navy ships, the third ship was named “INS Cheetah”. It was for the Navy & Armed forces and had machines like guns and missiles loaded on it.
INS Cheetah Commissioned in 1984, it was the first in its class of ships to be upgraded to include an enclosed bridge.
After this amazing experience we headed back to the hotel to take a break and assembled at 7 pm to visit a church and a temple to pray for our upcoming EOSTs and for giving us strength for all future obstacles we may face in life! We spent the evening in the Stella Marie Church and prayed with the Priest of the same, who blessed us all. After this it was our turn to visit a Murugan Temple. Later we headed to an orphanage of the Missionaries of Charity as we wanted to celebrate our Christmas by providing some gifts to the orphan children. Over there we interacted with orphans and sang Christmas carols and danced. It was a heart touching experience. I was satisfied with the values today and must use it as a tool in my life.
We wrapped up the day by planning dinner at a peaceful beach were we played games and we shared our experience and had a 1 minute silence for those who loss there life in the tsunami which occurred 10 years back and took the hearts of many.
Text: Payas Aggarwal & Vishal Amin, Grade 11
Christmas was here and as the students were all eager to celebrate Christmas Eve we headed down to a church nearby our hotel and we prayed and celebrated in a unique way by joining a Midnight mass.
Later, we reached the hotel and packed our bags to get ready for a thrilling day were we enthusiastic and ready to see the navy ships.
On the next day we were guided by CDR Rath, Education Officer who took us through a guided tour of the ship Investigator.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command is a tri-service theatre command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region
We saw 3 naval ships; first one was the Investigator which was used by the Indian navy to research on Hydrography. The Naval hydrographic service under the Chief hydrographer to the Govt of India is an Indian Naval organisation. Besides charting Indian waters the service has provided yeoman service is charting foreign waters of littorals friendly nation.
The Investigator primary role is to carry out hydrographic survey tasks and is actively involved is preparations of Marine Charts and electronic Maps for ECOIS system. During disaster relief ops Investigator may be called upon to perform duties of a hospital ship. The ship is fitted with the state of the art electronic, hydrographic survey and navigation equipment
The second one was quite mindboggling as it was more than 700 metre in length and the only floating dock in the whole Asian continent which was used to repair other navy ships, the third ship was named “INS Cheetah”. It was for the Navy & Armed forces and had machines like guns and missiles loaded on it.
INS Cheetah Commissioned in 1984, it was the first in its class of ships to be upgraded to include an enclosed bridge.
After this amazing experience we headed back to the hotel to take a break and assembled at 7 pm to visit a church and a temple to pray for our upcoming EOSTs and for giving us strength for all future obstacles we may face in life! We spent the evening in the Stella Marie Church and prayed with the Priest of the same, who blessed us all. After this it was our turn to visit a Murugan Temple. Later we headed to an orphanage of the Missionaries of Charity as we wanted to celebrate our Christmas by providing some gifts to the orphan children. Over there we interacted with orphans and sang Christmas carols and danced. It was a heart touching experience. I was satisfied with the values today and must use it as a tool in my life.
We wrapped up the day by planning dinner at a peaceful beach were we played games and we shared our experience and had a 1 minute silence for those who loss there life in the tsunami which occurred 10 years back and took the hearts of many.
Text: Payas Aggarwal & Vishal Amin, Grade 11