The Andaman and Nicobar Command, India's first joint services operational command

Background

With the islands in the news over the Great Nicobar project, the military command that sits there is worth recalling.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command, based at Sri Vijaya Puram, is India's first joint services operational command.
It combines the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, and is focused on the Indian Ocean Region.
Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana took over as its 18th Commander-in-Chief, a post abbreviated CINCAN.
He was commissioned into the 10th Battalion, The Garhwal Rifles, and later commanded that battalion.
He came to the post from the Defence Intelligence Agency and is the first Chief of Defence Intelligence to be elevated to Commander-in-Chief; he holds a doctorate on China's defence modernisation.