Rear Admiral Arun Auditto, AVSM, NM was a Flag Officer in the Indian Navy.

[2] In early November 1961, while he was undergoing the course, he was selected to command a landing party and was posted to the Gunnery school.

[3] The landing party was platoon-sized and consisted of recently graduated seaman gunners who were being trained in small arms and short gunnery.

On 18 December, the day of the landing, they received intelligence that the Portuguese garrison had surrendered and that no resistance was expected.

Called upon to lead a 75-strong landing party on Anjadip Island under heavy enemy fire, Lieutenant Auditto who had no experience in jungle warfare, conducted land-fighting operations with imagination, vigour and determination.

[3] In February 1962, Auditto was one of four officers selected to attend HMS Dolphin, the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.

[6] After completing the year-long course, Auditto returned to India and was appointed TAS officer of the Blackwood-class frigate INS Khukri (F149).

[9] During her homecoming voyage, which lasted from February to April 1970, she visited Göteborg, La Coruña, Takoradi and Mauritius.

Thousands of East Pakistanis died, and nearly ten million refugees fled to West Bengal, an adjacent Indian state.

[13] He served as CO Virbahu for about two years, after which he assumed command of the ship he had been launched from during Operation Vijay - the Whitby-class frigate INS Trishul.

In June 1983, Auditto was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations (ACNS Ops).

He then moved to Visakhapatnam as the Chief of Staff (COS) to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni.

[14] On 26 January 1986, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service of an exceptional order.

[15] After a year-long stint as COS ENC, he took over as the Fortress Commander, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (FORTAN) on 30 April 1986.

The couple met while playing badminton at the United Services Club in Colaba, Mumbai.