Indian Navy Admiral
Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale , NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy . He currently serves as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet . He earlier commanded the naval base INS Circars and the guided missile destroyer INS Kolkata (D63) .
Naval career
Gokhale attended the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1992. He later specialized in Navigation and Direction. He has served on board, as the navigating officer, the Sukanya-class patrol vessel INS Subhadra (P51) , the Nilgiri-class frigate INS Udaygiri (F35) , the Kora-class corvette INS Kirch (P62) and the Godavari-class frigate INS Gomati (F21) .[ 1]
Gokhale served as the executive officer of the Kora-class corvette INS Khukri (P49) and commanded the lead ship of her class of corvettes, INS Khukri (P49) . He attended the Defence Services Staff College , Wellington . He was the navigating officer of her class of guided missile destroyers INS Delhi (D61) .
Gokhale attended the Naval higher command course at the Naval War College, Goa . He served as the Director of Personnel Policy at naval headquarters. He also served as the Naval Advisor at the High Commission of India, Islamabad . He also attended the Australian Defence College , Canberra. He commanded the lead ship of her class of stealth guided-missile destroyers , INS Kolkata (D63) .[ 2] Kolkata sailed on a two-month deployment to the Western Indian Ocean and called on multiple African ports to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.[ 3]
RAdm Gokhale taking over as FOST from RAdm Rajesh Dhankhar . As a Commodore , Gokhale served as the Fleet Operations Officer (FOO) of the Eastern Fleet . On 29 May 2020, he took over as the 23rd Commanding Officer of the naval base INS Circars and as the station commander, Visakhapatnam. The oldest naval establishment on East Coast, INS Circars is the base depot ship providing administrative and logistics support to the Headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command and a large number of units based in and around Visakhapatnam.[ 4] [ 5] Nao Sena Medal for devotion to duty.[ 6]
Flag rank
Gokhale was promoted to flag rank in May 2022 and was appointed Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), at Kochi .[ 7] [ 8] Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard .[ 1] Susheel Menon . He then moved to naval headquarters as the Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD) (ACOP HRD).[ 9] [ 10] Western Fleet as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet from Rear Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair .[ 2]
Awards and decorations
Gokhale was awarded the Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to duty) in 2021.[ 11]
See also
References
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