One of the highlights of 2015 for the Indian armed forces has been Operation Raahat — a massive evacuation exercise involving brave and highly precise rescue of nearly 4,000 nationals from Yemen where a Saudi-led air campaign against Shia Houthi fighters had left hundreds dead and injured. Captain Milind Mohan Mokashi, commanding the new 2,200-tonne naval offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra, was the operation‘s shining star.