[citation needed] Dua was commissioned into 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (Siachen) in December 1979.

He has commanded a battalion and a brigade in counter terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the XV Corps (Srinagar) (2015-2016).

[citation needed] As a Major General in Assam Rifles he was involved in raising a new formation termed IGAR (East) in Northeast India.

Lieutenant General Satish Dua was the founding Member Secretary of Defence Planning Committee.

This book tells first hand experiences and gripping stories of death-defying operations and daring surgical strikes, the intense training soldiers have to undergo to become battle-fit, what life is really like on the LoC and the lives of the young men who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.