Jammu, June 1 -- Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Pargwal sector of Akhnoor and reviewed operational preparedness on Friday, officials said. He also met BSF Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari and her team for defending forward posts in the Akhnoor sector during the Pakistan conflict. "General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed operational preparedness in J&K's Pargwal sector and visited the Tiger Division where he commended troops for their outstanding performance in Operation Sindoor. He stressed the importance of staying agile and vigilant in response to evolving security dynamics," said a defence spokesperson. He also praised BSF's close operational integration with the army and lauded the bravery of Bhandari and her team for defending forward posts in the Akhnoor sector, the spokesperson added. He also praised the paramilitary force and ex-servicemen for their role during Operation Sindoor, the army said. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) had reached Jammu on a two-day visit on Thursday and attended the high-level security review meeting chaired by home minister Amit Shah. "He stressed the importance of staying agile and vigilant in response to evolving security dynamics," the additional directorate general of public information (ADGPI) of the army wrote on X. Commanding a border outpost within eyeball-to-eyeball contact of a Pakistani post along the international border, the assistant commandant led her troops to silence three forward hostile posts across the zero line (the area closest to enemy territory) by giving a befitting reply. Bhandari got a commendation disc from the army chief, the Jammu BSF stated on X. She gallantly commanded a forward-deployed BSF company under challenging conditions, it said. Apart from Neha, six women constables held gun positions at a forward border post, rising with every bullet they fired at the enemy positions across the international border in the Samba, RS Pura and Akhnoor sectors. Neha, a third-generation officer from her family in Uttarakhand, takes pride in being part of the BSF and commanding a border outpost in the Pargwal forward area of the Akhnoor sector in the Jammu district during Operation Sindoor. "I feel proud to be manning a post along the International Border with my troops. It is approximately 150 meters away from the Pakistani post in the Akhnoor-Pargwal area," she said. Neha's grandfather served in the Indian Army and her parents are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), making her a third-generation officer in the family. "My grandfather served in the Army. My father was in the CRPF. My mother is in the CRPF. I am a third-generation officer in the force," she said....