Solo Enigma

Binary Service Training

A hard-pressed 1092 days of training got wound up with BA Computer Science degree credential, certified by Jawaharal Nehru University as 60th batch in the year 2021. It was a great moment for every cadet for coming this far. Being a family for past three years, it was even with trainer wearing a sad mask upon nearing to different destinations. Yes, armies too got a heart and gets emotional though they appear tough upon bidding each other. The profession and personality walks a different path as a composition of bloods, bones and fleshes.

They are well-versed with training and got first night rest in three years. The usual 4am rising and 12pm into the bed was no more that night. However, many of them were found preparing for the next day voyage for the service training as per interest and choice, few of them almost in arm mourning and some sharing contact cards. Lobzang too got equipped for the next expedition and went to his friends from other nations. Almost everyone in his squadron is his family by rule but was brothers for life with few.

Mike with code name Lion from United States of America (USA), Haruto called by name Bull from Japan, Rash by code name Dog and Arjun with Unicorn from India, Sung Je Gun by name Scorpio from Korea and Ivan nick named as Jewel from Russia were his close mates apart from other nine Bhutanese friends. They were already ahead of him in cafeteria with other nine friends waiting for Tigers presence. Lobzang was touched and went for bottom ups till midnight as a farewell moment breaching the rules of an Army.

After exchanging thoughts amid bombs of liquor, no one was willing to join army service academy other than his Bhutanese Comrades. They will to join Air and Navy service training. Though it was personal interest with the final training, it weren’t a downhill job to depart being a family under one canopy, nearly for three years which appears like yesterday. Even then, they bid each other with bold commitment for re-union and sayings to bump in near future.

The flight was ready to depart, Dehradun city of Uttarakhand, one of the states in India. Shortest route by the flight would take around four hours thirty one minutes to knock the destination. Tiger felt everything is going to turn out Utopian on reaching the place. For the moment, the cadets forget their real name and get along with code name for the life. The aircraft was single-engine with capacity of only sixth person along for the ride. It was meant for military purpose to meet the basic needs of arm personnel.

From 60th batch, there was only fifty of them joining the service training for an Army. As Bhutan is landlocked country, every pass out cadets wishes to join army service training with few from other nations. Most of them joined for Air Force and Navy Force service training to different and recognized academy. Tiger buried back to his novel on the way to New Delhi continuing with the final chapter. Lobzang wasn’t certain that he was so engaged without even a time for reading, last three years with another name Tiger, today.

The pages of the book were glued together appearing antique. It only took another thirty minutes to get done with the novel. Tiger was dozed off, fatigued of long journey back in training and one in the flight, that moment. Even a faint-slight movements from the surrounding awakens his inner consciousness, ultimately corroding yearns to sleep, befalling the outcast of training. Tiger woke up and check out for the time. There is still two hour flight journey.

By mid-day, they landed in Dehradun city, minute in size than Pune and far more miniature compared to Delhi. However, it gives the impression of densely populated hub with knocking elbows, congested traffics and structures sandwiched to each other. Indian Military Academy was welcoming laid over thousand acres of land. It have prestigious recognition and alumni with outstanding military leaders and too endeavors to produce more future upholsters. Tiger does not feel any sorts of alien like Lobzang got lost several times, back. He became new person with new code name.   

The rules, daily routines and disciplines are nothing different from the former one. Contrary to it, there is nearly quarter cadets compared to NDA with more than eighty percent focus on service subject and leftover percent in academics.  However, Indian Military Academy (IMA) got one new subject as character building. Tiger, his friends and others from diverse pre-commissioner training academy were fully well-found after the orientation and resigned for the night.

A yearlong training includes outdoor and indoor training. Every cadets have to go through different kinds of mission covering every sorts of mechanism like field signals, approach methods, order and execution tactics, night firings, concealment and retreats, judgments, map sketching, handsets and radio transmission practical functions and field operation ways and means etc…as an outdoor training basic with other weaponry physical activities, games and sports, leadership training with intense, furious, fast and practical moves emphasizing more on self-discipline.

Apart from those, Tiger got to win a prestigious leader award after his unyielding and overwhelming guts during one year period. He was much more impressed with his instincts, operational plans, capabilities and clear cut decision during a trail warfare training. He was qualified in leading a mission in every types of engagement in conflict activities, which includes conventional warfare, proxy warfare, low-intensity conflict and counter-insurgency.   

Though it was for a short term, the training were all about the battle fields. Tiger concluded back in his mind that it covers technical, quality, skills, professional, legal, team, managerial and safety training in the nut shell. Tiger, who was a countryside Lobzang was gratified for appreciation from both the academy as an important figure of the batch. It was first time in the history of Academy to mirror first Bhutanese character. On the other hand, he promised to himself to serve the nation and world as a whole. The batch were posted as a Lieutenant Officer and were directed back to different nation. 

The journey back to Bhutan was long but seemed short with the double flight from Uttarakhand to New Delhi and next to Paro International Airport, Bhutan. For the last four years, while tiger was busy with his life, Lobzang was able to sight Bhutan transformed to one of the major nations in the world. The first thing was airport which had now became ten time size in last four years. The country even has country commenced with domestic flight within twenty states, connecting and making easier for citizens.

The structures has doubled its design and storied with networks of road, rail way spearing the paramount hills and thick Jungle. The media in Bhutan entitled as World Broadcasting Service (WBS) based in Bhutan has gained reputation for disseminating a fast and reliable news to the world across. Bhutan has changed a lot with many more compare to last four years. However, the pristine and calm natural exquisiteness was only thing same as before.

The country was recognized as one of the most rapid developing country across the globe notwithstanding the rights of people, environment and other natural resources same like before. Despite tons of westernization and compete new dimension, Lobzang in Bhutan and Tiger in academy was more impressed with agriculture as main source of income with widespread companies across the nation. Unlike before, Bhutan is not anymore importing those vegetables, though have to do with some essential goods. However, the import rate was declined more than eighty percent in last four years.

Similarly, his other nine friends were also amused with rapid revolution with the setting of the country. The airways within the country have started to fly to every nook and corner, shortening a two days journey in motor into thirty minutes flight. As it was their first vacation after four years, they dispersed to hometown right after taking lunch in a different domestic airbuses. The Airbus 319 with a capacity of 120 passengers, once a biggest in nation is now a smallest one.

The Paro international Airport has now became known to the world around, with daily flight to and fro from different nations with kinds and size of airplane. Lobzang was back to home and celebrated his triumph with his mom right after thirty minutes. Yes, it was like his visit to new place for the first time. Even his birth place is connected to highly internet networks, intelligence branch offices, military base, more than twenty news outlet companies, large conventional malls and few mini factory to his sight.

However, it was more thrilling to hear from his friends in Bhutan about the technology running the nation. All the office stuffs are now through fast internet connections, paperless and steadfast. Lobzang back at home, ruined his month vacation, studying the map of the whole country, feasibility, military route, preparedness plan, nation security measures, medical advancement and other legal approaches. After going through all those things, Lobzang and other friends were ready for another year long service training in Bhutan to get as fully commissioned officer.

The training center then, hub of defense academy of Bhutan was fully mechanized and armed with every necessities in supplementing training courses. The center too have got war chopper, a jet and some naval gas-powered arms. The training was same with India but got superfluous knowledge with an air force grounding in mountainous terrain and some basic navy methods. To Lobzang and others, Bhutan was decades ahead with those new training.

Apart from it, they were also trained with satellite connection, rescue tactics, plunging strategies in fast flowing rivers and ambassadorial links with other nations. The outdoor service training was nothing different but was great with bunch of new information and knowledge. In the year 2023, three years training as pre-commission officer, one year service training at IMA and finally another year service training at Bhutan really came to an end. Ten of them were given preferences in selecting the first placement as lieutenant officer across the nation.

In addition, Tiger was given his first placement at Bhutan Pro-intelligence Team based in Thimphu as an agent referring to his esteemed records as a trainee. Lobzang was over the hill after long years of training, fulfilling his one of the wildest dream. But he was only missing his girlfriend after this long time.  As a matter of fact, he went asking his friends about her doings but was all in vain. There is no more her presence in social media. However, he was waiting for her forward as she was his first girlfriend. With time, his profession only gave him lower hand in relationships.