Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Joshi ya shiga Garhwal Rifles a ranar 14 ga Yuli 1970. A ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1971, Bayan kammala horo, an tura shi zuwa 5 Garhwal Rifles. Joshi's farko da aka yi yaƙi a 1971 Indo-Pakistan yaki
a yankin Gabas a lokacin. Joshi ya zama soja da ya ba da kansa sosai. Daga baya, an tura shi zuwa 9th Battalion na Garhwal Rifles.