Overview
- Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi visited Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur on Tuesday, June 9, to review operational preparedness, capability development and ongoing modernisation initiatives.
- During the visit he was briefed on multi‑domain operations, technology absorption, infrastructure work and integrated combat readiness across the northern theatre.
- General Dwivedi stressed harnessing emerging technologies, fostering innovation and moving toward networking and data‑centric warfare as core pillars of future operational effectiveness.
- He publicly commended troops for sustained combat readiness and felicitated a group of retired personnel for their service to veterans, communities and relief and counter‑terrorism efforts.
- Officials and coverage placed the review in the operational context of ongoing joint operations in Rajouri and preparations for security during the annual Shri Amarnath pilgrimage, and it aligns with the Army’s wider push to modernise command‑level capabilities.