Akhand Bharat SENSING AN AD HOC APPROACH TO THEATRE COMMAND REFORMS “ In the absence of a National Security Strategy vision document, the impending Theatre Command reforms suspiciously look like an adhoc consensus achieved in the Chiefs Of Staff Committee (COSC) on equitable distribution of spoils of higher posts between the three protagonists Armed Services .” – Col RS Sidhu Backdrop Emerging news reports indicate the Indian apex military hierarchy reaching a broad consensus on forwarding a draft on Theatre Command reforms to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the end of April/May 2026, coinciding with the end of extended tenure of the current Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) . The draft document is reportedly recommending three Theatre Commands by integrating the Tri-service resources. A Lucknow based Northern Theatre Command headed by Army , a Western Theatre Command at Jaipur headed by Air Force , and a Thiruvanthapuram Maritime Theatre Command under the Navy . At th...