High Altitude Warfare School

The High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is a defence service training and research establishment of the Indian Army.

[3][4][5] The birth of High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) of Indian Army in 1948 can be directly attributed to the loss of Gilgit-Baltistan in the Siege of Skardu to Pakistan in 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War.

The two courses train personnel in High Altitude warfare, counter intelligence and survival skills.

Army personnel deployed to the Siachen Glacier and to other high altitude forward posts on the Himalayan borders go through the courses.

[6] HAWS is the nodal instructional facility for specialised training and dissemination of approved doctrines in mountain, high altitude and snow warfare.

U.S. Army Capt. Mathew Hickey (left), with the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), leading the way up a steep slope while on his way to winning an endurance test during training at the Indian Army's High Altitude Warfare School, 2013