Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, during his maiden visit to the Eastern Naval Command as CNS, is scheduled to commission MARCOS (East) unit here as INS Karna.
The Chief of Naval Staff is scheduled to arrive in the city on Sunday. During his three-day stay, he would interact with Defence Civilians, address Naval personnel, apart from commissioning the MARCOS unit. He would be leaving the city on Tuesday.
Admiral Sunil Lanba would be accompanied by president of the Navy Wives Welfare Association Reena Lanba.
Admiral Lanba, the 23rd Chief of the Indian Navy, is a specialist in Navigation and Direction.
In his service spanning nearly 40 years, he has served in a multitude of Command, Staff, and Instructional appointments.
Admiral Lanba’s important sea appointments include commands of INS Kakinada, a specialised Mine Counter Measure Vessel, INS Himgiri, the indigenous Leander class Frigate, INS Ranvijay, a Kashin class destroyer, and INS Mumbai, the indigenous Delhi class destroyer.
He has also been the Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, and the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. The Admiral has been the Chief of Staff, ENC, at Visakhapatnam, and Commandant of the National Defence College, New Delhi.
Prior to taking over as CNC, he was the FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command.
