The 2024 edition of Defence Correspondents Course DCC, a three weeks course conducted by MoD for select journalists from regional and national media houses, commenced at Karwar Naval Base on 19 August 2024. Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area welcomed 34 participants of the course on behalf of WNC. ADG(M&C), DPR MoD delivered the inaugural address for the course. The aim of DCC is to build a pool of journalists at all levels who understand Armed Forces and are cognizant of the domain when reporting on stories relating to land, air or maritime environment. Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh, FOCINC WNC, also interacted with DCC participants and gave them an overview on understanding the maritime domain and answered various queries by the young journalists about Indian Navy. During one week naval attachment, participants will be addressed by subject matter experts from Indian Navy and Coast Guard. They will acquaint the journalists with various aspects of Navy including naval operations, naval diplomacy, maritime history, Aatmanir bharta in Navy, HADR and organisational structure of Navy and Coast Guard. The participants will also visit Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships, submarine and various facilities at Karwar Naval Base. A visit to INS Hansa and various air squadrons at naval aviation base in Goa is also scheduled during the course. A sea sortie onboard front line warships of Indian Navy is the highlight of the naval leg of the course, which will provide the journalists an insight into naval operations at sea. Following the naval leg, the participants will undergo a week long attachment each with Indian Airforce and Indian Army.
