<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Commodore G Prakash (Retd)"><item><title>HARPOONS@50: AWAITING RESURGENCE</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/harpoons50-awaiting-resurgence/</link><pubDate>April 17, 2021, 3:33 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ceaf8ae7_2345_P_2_mr-1-1.jpg</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>The 50th anniversary of the Harpoons also marks the 50th anniversary since the last war.
</excerpt></item><item><title>VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM: WHY MARK ESPER SPOKE UP</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/virtue-of-the-uniform-why-mark-esper-spoke-up/</link><pubDate>June 16, 2020, 5:08 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/virtue-300x169.png</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>When Defence Secretary Mark T. Esper said that he did not support President Trump’s plan to use the Insurrection
Act of 1807 to quell the current protests in the US, he set a sterling example of the virtues of selfless soldiering.</excerpt></item><item><title>Of Militaries &amp;#038; Useful Doctrines</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/of-militaries-useful-doctrines/</link><pubDate>June 2, 2020, 4:02 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ship-300x169.png</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>A good doctrine is that which is simple, commonly understood, accepted and imbibed by all who matter and retained in the head. The trick is to first create the doctrine, and then to make it the blood and breath of the national security environment.</excerpt></item><item><title>Aligned, To Perform</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/aligned-to-perform/</link><pubDate>May 21, 2020, 4:50 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-design-18-300x169.jpg</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat’s statement, aligned with the stated policies of the government, is only an indicator of good intentions. At the end of the day, the three service chiefs have to ensure that the sword remains sharp.</excerpt></item></author></feed>