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Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area
Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area (FOGA) is a senior appointment in the Indian Navy. One of the five Area Commanders of the Indian Navy, the FOGA is a Two-star rank, two star admiral holding the rank of Rear admiral (India), Rear Admiral. The FOGA is responsible for the operations and administration of all units and establishments in the state of Goa. Since 1987, the FOGA dual-hats as the Flag Officer Naval Aviation (India), Flag Officer Naval Aviation. The current FOGA is Rear admiral (India), Rear Admiral Ajay D. Theophilus, who assumed office on 1 August 2023. History After the Liberation of Goa and its absorption into the Indian Union in 1961, a naval detachment was established at Vasco da Gama, Goa, Vasco in January 1962. This detachment grew and was commissioned as INS Gomantak in March 1964. In June that year, the naval air station INS Hansa moved from Sulur to Dabolim. With the development of establishments and naval infrastructure, the post of Naval Officer-in-Charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral (India)
Rear admiral is a Two-star rank, two-star flag officer rank in the Indian Navy. It is the third-highest active rank in the Indian Navy. Rear admiral ranks above the one-star rank of Commodore (India), commodore and below the three-star rank of Vice Admiral (India), vice admiral. The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is Major General (India), major general and in the Indian Air Force is Air Vice Marshal (India), air vice marshal. History Admiral (India), Admiral Ram Dass Katari was the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of Rear admiral. In 1954, while serving as the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Deputy Commander-in-Chief, in the absence of Rear Admiral Mark Pizey, he officiated as the Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Commander-in-Chief in the rank of rear admiral. On 12 March 1956, Katari was promoted to the acting rank of Rear Admiral. On 2 October 1956, he was confirmed as a substantive rear admiral and became the first Indian officer to be appointed the Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
