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Important here is to note that logical faculties of a military officer must aid him fully during stress.
People tend to panic and in such a situation, they take leave of their reasoning power, start mixing up,
waste resources and cannot differentiate between shadow and substance.
Organising Ability ‘Plan your actions and action your plans’ is the classical wisdom that steers
anyone to success. The word ‘organise’ basically is related to the search, acquisition and deployment of
resources in action of the plan. In other words, organising ability refers to the systematic arrangement of
resources in order to produce effective results. Organising ability is the product of imagination. The
depth and span of imagination make it productive. Practice and exposure have favourable effects
on organising ability.
Priority
During the night roll call, the JCO of a paltan told his jawans, “Jawano, we are going for para jumping
tomorrow. Any doubts.” He roared ? “Usmen kya hoga janaab”, enquired Santa Singh ?
“O nothing”, the JCO explained . “You will be boarding an aircraft at 1000 hrs sharp with the parachute tied
on your back. The aircraft will take off and climb to the height of four thousand feet :, then the rear door of the
aircraft will open, and you will jump from the aircraft. The parachute on your back will open like an umbrella
and you will come down with ease. A jonga jeep will take you to your Mess. Wahan jaa kar daaru pee lena. Koi
shak ?” he again thundered.
Santa Singh was satisfied by and large, but he was not very sure, none the less. “Sir, what will we do if the
parachute does not open ?” Came a meek query from the soldier. “That is hardly any problem” assured the JCO.
“There is a standby parachute, pull the string like this and it will open. Do not worry. And now go to bed, you
louse,” commanded the JCO.
As luck would have it, Santa Singh’s parachute did not open. Tumbling down fast he tried to open the
standby parachute. Much against his expectations, even the standby parachute got stuck. Cursing his luck Santa
Singh whined to himself “JCO has befooled me today. he found only me to give those bloody non-working
chutes ! I am sure he has not sent the jeep also to go to the mess and enjoy my drink”.

Power of Expression is the ability to put across one’s ideas adequately with ease and clarity. The
key factor in the function of Armed Forces is ‘command’. Officers receive command from their
superiors and further pass on to their juniors. Good expression drives home easily and effectively.
Noteworthy here is that power of expression is not the ability to wield the language alone. It includes
the language of course, but equally significant factor is the arrangement of ideas (reasoning ability too
contributes a great deal) to make an effective communication. Any distortion in understanding or
communication of the message would ruin the plan or in other cases may be rather benevolently
favourabe to the enemy. Power of expression includes all forms of communication i.e. written and
oral of any medium.
Twisted Communication !
Message released by the Company Commander from battlefield-Send reinforcements; we are advancing.
Message received at the HQs-Send refreshments, we are dancing !
Dynamic Factor—Achieving desired goal is not a cakewalk. Hurdles, impediments, obstacles and
difficulties greet you on your way to achievement of your aim. That is why life is called struggle. How,
then is it possible to succeed in the word which is so difficult to live in ? We survive by our grit, spirit
to fight, will to achieve and determination to keep ourselves going even in face of extreme odds. This
requires lot of strength of mind and body. ‘Survival of the fittest’ is not just a theory of biology. It
amply explains the success and failures of human beings. A person in the profession of fighting must
have the highest degree of physical and mental power and energy.
Combat situation is a source of extreme physical and psychological stress. Only those, who have
high level of Dynamism, can survive the stress. Qualities related to this factor are mentioned further:—
Determination—People react to failures in different ways. Some fight till they succeed, some start
thinking of alternative goal while to lot many just drop their aim altogether. Determination is the
quality of not giving up. ‘When the going gets tough the tough gets going’, ‘winners never quit, quitters
never win’ are a few figures that explain the essential quality of determination in a warrior.