Vice Admiral Karve is new FOC-in-C

May 30, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 08:38 am IST - KOCHI:

Vice Admiral A.R. Karve on Sunday assumed charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Southern Naval Command (SNC). He took over from Vice Admiral Girish Luthra.

An impressive ceremonial parade was held at the Naval base on the occasion which was followed by the traditional ‘Pulling Out’ ceremony in which the outgoing Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Luthra was ceremonially pulled out in a jeep by Flag Officers and Commanding Officers of ships and naval establishments of Kochi, amidst emotional ‘Jai’- ‘Jai’ by the men of SNC.

Earlier in the day, Vice Admiral Karve laid a wreath at the War Memorial, prior to assuming command, as a tribute to the thousands of martyrs who had fought for the country. In his farewell address Vice Admiral Luthra appreciated the synergy that exists in the SNC.

Vice Admiral Luthra thanks men and women at SNC for the unstinted support he received.

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