{"id":5500,"date":"2019-08-28T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2019-08-28T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:28:49","slug":"defence-correspondents-course-2019-commences-at-mwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/defence-correspondents-course-2019-commences-at-mwc\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Correspondents Course \u2013 2019 Commences at MWC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2019 edition of the Defence Correspondents Course (DCC), a month-long course for selected journalists from regional and national media houses, commenced at the Maritime Warfare Centre (MWC) on 26 Aug 19. The Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command delivered the inaugural address and the Director MWC welcomed the 32 participants of the course. The aim of DCC is to build over time, a pool of journalists at all levels, who understand the Armed Forces and are cognizant of the domain when reporting on stories regarding the maritime environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the next one\nweek, the participants will be addressed by subject matter experts from within\nthe Navy and the Coast Guard and acquainted with aspects of naval operations\nlike aircraft carrier operations, Naval Diplomacy, Humanitarian Assistance and\nDisaster Relief role of the Navy, the organisational structure of the Navy and\nthe Coast Guard. The participants will also be visit naval and Coast Guard\nships, submarines and the Naval Dockyard. The highlight of the Naval leg of the\nDCC is a sea sortie on a frontline Fleet ship where the participants will\nexperience a glimpse of the Navy in action, hands on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is The Defence\nCorrespondents&#8217; Course?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defence\nCorrespondents&#8217; Course (DCC) is one of the most prestigious courses conducted\nby the Directorate of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. This year, a total\nof 31 correspondents were selected from all over the country to undergo this\nfour week course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Integrated\nServices phase and Naval attachment commenced at Western Naval Command, Mumbai.\nVice Admiral Sangram Singh Byce, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western\nNaval Command (WNC) was the chief guest and delivered the inaugural speech for\nthe course while Mr Sitanshu Kar, Additional Principal Information Officer\n(Defence) especially flew down to Mumbai to interact with the participants. He\nalso delivered the opening lecture on &#8216;PR set-up in the Armed Forces&#8217;. The\ninaugural session was a true representation of jointmanship with senior\nofficers of Army, Navy and Coast Guard posted in Mumbai. Capt AK Lambhate,\nChief PRO (Defence), Mumbai was the Conducting Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 edition of the Defence Correspondents Course (DCC), a month-long course for selected journalists from regional and national media houses, commenced at the Maritime Warfare Centre (MWC) on 26 Aug 19. The Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command delivered the inaugural address and the Director MWC welcomed the 32 participants of the course. 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