It's about time this group unanimously agrees Paras aren't SF anymore since the original SF units were in a dire state to begin with and merging them with regular Paratrooper units is the dumbest move ever. It's not the Para SF community which needs to be reformed since most operators are regular Ramu Shamu type guys hailing from villages and small towns to earn some bread for their fams. IA will continue to use Paras at least for the next decade in CI/CT ops despite RR being the designated unit for such ops and plans to eventually handover the valley to CRPF. It's the officer class coming outta IMA which should be truly reformed to educate them that warfare isn't simply throwing more guys into a fight. Since we're suckers for goras, maybe hire a few white instructors to teach them strategy and tactics
Unfortunately I don't expect IA to change in this regard and it'd be better we hope AFSOD comes to fruition and is formulated and led by folks from IN so that they become a formidable force along with Marcos which GoI can rely on for ops outside our borders
Para SF is basically the shoulder to the firing guy which is the Army commander.
Incompetence of Infantry is the reason whether we like it or not that the SF has to do a Super infantry job.
Army commanders also have no choice..its like to kill 3 terrorist use infantry and get X number of casualties or to use Para and reduce the casualties.
Basically we have incompetent RR and infantry units sorry to burst the bubble.
Lack of training,lack of budget of infantry and the selection of poor aptitiude jawans and officers is the key.
Army is not a profession that you come to secure your pension or to get a nice girl to marry in your town or village..Army is a aptitude based profession.
we lack in everything inculding quality of men.
You watch foreign SF jawans on youtube and they will talk more sense than Major Jacob i am really sorry to say.