Major General SS Deusi, VSM (Retd) was
commissioned into 18 MARATHA LI on 09 June
84. He commanded the unit in Counter Insurgency
operations in Jammu & Kashmir and Andaman &
Nicobar Islands. The unit played a stellar role in
carrying out rescue and relief operations when the
tsunami struck the islands on 26 December 2004. The
officer commanded an infantry brigade in the semi-desert
sector and a mountain division in North Sikkim
during the Doklam crisis. He retired as ADG Assam
Rifles in September 21. He is settled at Mhow and
actively involved in developing military leadership and
management of national security. He is the Secretary of
the Mhow Analysis and Research Society, a Mhow
based Knowledge Resource Group of veterans.
