Re: Generals of America-Look how similar they are to our Generals
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti psc Shaheed Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's most famous war hero.
Martyred 11 Sep 1965 on the western bank of BRB Canal on the Lahore Front by direct enemy tank hit on left side of the chest which left a 6" inch deep and 11" wide gaping wound instantly sending his blessed soul for eternal refuge, was a Command & Staff Course Graduate.
Another psc officer who fell with boots on in action, and beyond enemy lines on the same front a few miles away was the Division's Cdr Artillery Brig Ahsan Rasheed Shami HJ. Shot by enemy sniper fire direct on the head while on a R&R mission standing in his Star and Wireless bearing Command Jeep. He fell instantly and was buried beyond the border, brought back to Pakistani territory after cease fire.
These are just 2 examples that came to mind from 1965 war instantly.
This Command Staff College Course and the correlation between officers going to war and being martyred is a bit off to say the least.
Every war is fought by every rank in a different manner.
The Jawan's war is diff from the Hawaldar's, Hawaldar's diff from the Subedar, Subedar's diff from the 2/Lt, a Captain and Major's diff from a Lt Col and so on.
The actual combat is almost always between section, platoon, company and battalion level. That is to say soldier to soldier contact is max at this level. So juniors face the brunt most. As such it's always the jawans that sacrifice most in wars.
The reason why most war heroes are non PSC (Passed Staff Course) officers is because officers are sent for the CSC when they are senior majors with 6-7 years of service in Major rank. Very few go as Captains and even few as Lt Cols. That's why most Lt Cols are already PSC and as unit commanders they don't face the enemy as directly as their Coy Cdrs i.e. Majors, the senior ones of which are often psc while juniors non psc yet, or their Platoon Cdrs as Captains or Lieutenants do. Hence the larger no. of officers facing the enemy max directly are juniors.
Not because the seniors tend to shy away from war after getting a psc on their file.