Foreign Observers Witness Multinational Exercise At Pune
After
the successful culmination of the field training phase of ‘Ex FORCE -18’,
the multinational exercise of ASEAN Plus countries on ‘Humanitarian Mine
Action and Peacekeeping Operations’, over 80 observers including 28 Foreign
Services Attaché’s of participating and non-participating countries were shown
and briefed on the exercise and they witnessed the validation phase of the
exercise on 07 March 2016. The senior dignitaries included, Senior
Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan from Vietnam (equivalent to Indian Army
Chief), Lieutenant General W Wacharikul from Thailand and Director
General Yoon Soon Gu from South Korea.
The
observers were taken to College of Military Engineering for witnessing the Humanitarian
Mine Action Exercise in the initial part of the day. They were briefed by
the FTX Planners about the background of exercise and the activities undertaken
till date. The observers later visited the Mine Action Centre where they
witnessed the mine action teams being effectively controlled from a single
command post.
Post
lunch the observers were taken to Aundh for witnessing the Peacekeeping
Operations Exercise which include military drills such as patrolling,
convoy protection and deployment of Standard Combat Deployment.
This
was followed by Exercise Debriefing, wherein contingent heads of all ASEAN Plus
countries brought out the lessons learnt, experiences shared, expertise gained
and the way ahead. Maj Gen Ashok Narula in his summing up complimented each one
the FTX participants and trainers for display of professional military skills
of the highest order.
At
the end of the day a Camp Fire will be organized for all observers and FTX
participants, where contingents from ASEAN Plus countries will present a
cultural programme. The large scale attendance by high ranking foreign
observers for final phase of FTX is a testimony to the confidence bestowed on the
professional acumen of the Indian Army.
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