How to become a Indian Navy Officer in India

What are the roles and responsibilities for Indian Navy Officer?

The Navy is a well-balanced and cohesive three-dimensional force, capable of operating above, on and under the surface of the oceans.

It plays four most important role in safeguarding our country:

1. Military role: It is characterized by the threat or use of force at and from the sea.
2. Strategic role: Shape the maritime environment in the furtherance of national interests.
3. Constabulary role: Forces are employed to enforce the law of the land or to implement a regime established by an international mandate.
4. Benign role: Benign tasks include humanitarian aid, disaster relief, search and rescue. 

• They efficiently safeguard our national interests.
• The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) exercises operational and administrative control of the Navy from the Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy).
• He is assisted by the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) and three other Principal Staff Officers, namely the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS), the Chief of Personnel (COP) and the Chief of Material (COM).
• The full range of operations in which a nation's naval forces may be involved is vast.
• It ranges from high-intensity warfighting at one end to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations at the other end.
• Naval forces range from high-intensity warfighting at one end to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations at the other end.
• This broad continuum of operations can be broken down into distinct roles, each demanding a specific approach to the conduct of operations. It includes:

1. Surveillance
2. Maritime Strike
3. Anti-submarine Ops
4. Anti-surface Ops
5. Anti-air Ops
6. Amphibious Ops