Report On Military Training Camp

Amity School Of Engineering And Technology 

Under graduate military training camp 

An undergraduate military training camp was organized by Amity University for students of Mechanical Engineering of 2nd year from 5 of March 2014 to 9 of March 2014 at Amity Military College, Manesar( UGMTC SR. NO. 34 ). A total of 202 cadets attended the military camp out of which 30 students were from Mechanical Engineering accompanied by Mr. Naveen Kumar.
It was 1 o'clock of 5th march when we reached at military college and there we all were guided by army officer Mr. Rajbeer Singh giving a brief introduction of rules and regulation of military camp. All 202 cadets were divided into different groups which are known as Platoons in army.  There were a total of 5 platoons among which 5th platoon was of Mechanical and this platoon was lead by army officer Mr. Shyam Lal. Then we were allotted tents in a group of 9 and along with this they provided us the utensils for our meals, bed sheet, blankets, pillow, and the military uniform.
After the allotments of different things, day 1 started with an introductory lecture by Major General G S Bal on why we have been brought here and what is our responsibilities towards our nation and in addition to this he briefed us about the role Indian Forces (Army , Navy , Air ). 

Then we were taken to a herbal garden where the instructor explained us different herbal plants and briefed us about their importance in our life. After that we were shown a dog show that was organized for us . that night light went off at around 10:00 pm. Second day started with the morning drill and exercise at 6:45 am which last up till 7:45 and one hour was given to us for getting ready as well as having breakfast. At8:45 am there was a drill practice in the ground. At 1:00 pm we had our lunch and after that in the evening we were shown a movie called border, which made us realize that our heroes are working hard sacrificing their present for our tomorrow. Day 3 and 4 , both were part of the adventure activities like rock climbing , parasailing , obstacles , firing at a shooting range of 25 m , rappelling , tracking( day and night) as well as enjoyable. Tracking was also a great experience which included both day and night. Meanwhile we had a tug of war competition in which all platoons fought against each other. But platoon 5 emerged as a winner by defeating other boy’s platoons consecutively for 4 consecutive times. At the end of the 4th day we had D.J. night where all platoons danced for around one and half hour.

Day five, the last day of the MTC we had a closing parade in which again platoon 5 emerged as a winner and received awards from MAJOR GEN. G.S. BAL. After that there was a debate competition on the topic leaders are born not made. Major General G.S. Bal briefed us about our true real heroes of our country and arose a feeling of patriotism in every heart reminding us of our responsibilities and duty towards our nation. With this our 5 days military camp ended and everybody enjoyed. the camp and it also helped us developing a disciplined life and develops  camaraderie with our batch mates with lots of adventure to live life as a military cadets.
By:- Bharat Phullera