Meet Shiva Chauhan, First Woman Army Officer To Be Operationally Deployed At 'Highest Battleground' In Siachen

The Siachen Glacier is the highest battleground on earth, where India and Pakistan have fought intermittently since 1984.

Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Corps has become first woman officer to be deployed at highest battleground in Siachen

Source : Twitter/@firefurycorps

The Indian Army has deployed its first woman officer Captain Shiva Chauhan from the Fire and Fury Corps at the highest battleground on the Siachen glacier. Chauhan achieved the feat to get operationally deployed in Kumar Post on Siachen glacier for the first time after almost 40 years since India launched Operation Meghdoot to secure the battleground.

Fire and Fury Corps of the Indian Army tweeted about the deployment of Shiva Chauhan with the caption saying, 'Breaking the Glass Ceiling', celebrating Shiva's feat.

"Capt Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Sappers became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed in Kumar Post, at the highest battlefield of the world," tweeted Fire and Fury Corps.

'Breaking the Glass Ceiling'

Capt Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Sappers became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed in Kumar Post, post completion of arduous training, at the highest battlefield of the world #Siachen.#SuraSoi@PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia @adgpi pic.twitter.com/nQbmJxvLQ4

— @firefurycorps_IA (@firefurycorps) January 3, 2023

Shiva had to undergo arduous training before her posting in Kumar Post.

Siachen Glacier, known as the highest battleground on earth, has witnessed India and Pakistan clashing intermittently since 1984.

A team of eight specially-abled people created a world record when they reached Kumar Post at 15,632 feet on the Siachen glacier in September 2021. Indian Army special forces veterans from CLAW Global (Elite Team of Former Special Forces soldiers) and the grit of the team made Operation Blue Freedom a grand success, said Northern Command of the Indian Army.

Soldiers lead a tough life at the highest battlefield, which is spread across 76 km area, owing to sub-zero temperatures that dip below -60 degrees. The area faces a constant threat of avalanches, crevasses on the glacier, high-speed winds and a range of potentially fatal altitude-related ailments.

The climatic condition poses the biggest challenge for the armed forces apart from the threats from Pakistan and China military.

Soldiers posted in the region are affected by a range of fatal altitude related ailments like frost bites, hypoxia, hypothermia and white outs.