The third joint military ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike III - 2012’, organized by the Army with the participation of about 2000 tri-service personnel, including 40 foreign military representatives, kicked off on Monday (10) morning after a briefing at Minneriya Army camp.
The 16 day-long joint military exercise is a suggestion, mooted by Secretary Defence and Urban Development, Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the Commander of the Army, two years ago, and is comprised of mock ‘Raids on boat yards’, ‘Taking of high value targets’, ‘Reconnaissance’, ‘Surveillance on targets’, ‘Airborne operations’, ‘Seaborne operations’, ‘Amphibious landing’, ‘Path-finding missions’, ‘Para jump into enemy strongholds’, ‘Ambushes’, ‘Search operations’, ‘Counter terrorist actions and Hostage Rescue Mission,’ and suchlike under directions of Brigadier Ruwan Kulatunge, Director, ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’.
Participants in this novel ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’ Monday (10) morning received a full briefing from the commanding officers in the event after reconnaissance teams were inserted.
Nine teams of eight-member Special Forces, together with trainees are scheduled to proceed to Verugal area by dusk on Monday (10) to commence the ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’ proper.
Eleven officers and twenty-nine Other Ranks from the Armed Forces in China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and India are currently in the East to take part in the event in response to invitations, extended by the Army Directorate of Training.
The multi-national land force leading novel Exercise incorporates a wide range of new dimensions and highlights the importance of sustaining regional cooperation with special focus on ‘opposition to terrorism’ and other peripheral threat issues.
Last year’s Exercise consisted of a mock operation, ‘Hostage Rescue Mission’, one of the most daring simulated feats in the project and over 110 Commando Regiment officers, 90 Special Forces officers, 400 Sailors and 150 Air Force personnel took part in the Exercise.
Amphibious Task Force will conduct a series of tasks ranging from inducting and de-inducting troops to providing naval gunfire support while naval troops involving landing tanks and crafts will carry out major amphibious landings at first light during this exercise.
Army Commandos and Special Forces as strategic forces that come directly under the command of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya will provide the major share to the whole of the Exercise.
Initiatives of the Army saw the first joint Exercise of this nature and magnitude take place in November 2010, nearly one and half year after culmination of the war for peace. The Sri Lanka Air Force inducted Special Forces and Commandos into enemy-held areas and staged a simulating rescue operation as a special feature to the training components which received the attention of the participating troops.
The 16 day-long joint military exercise is a suggestion, mooted by Secretary Defence and Urban Development, Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the Commander of the Army, two years ago, and is comprised of mock ‘Raids on boat yards’, ‘Taking of high value targets’, ‘Reconnaissance’, ‘Surveillance on targets’, ‘Airborne operations’, ‘Seaborne operations’, ‘Amphibious landing’, ‘Path-finding missions’, ‘Para jump into enemy strongholds’, ‘Ambushes’, ‘Search operations’, ‘Counter terrorist actions and Hostage Rescue Mission,’ and suchlike under directions of Brigadier Ruwan Kulatunge, Director, ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’.
Participants in this novel ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’ Monday (10) morning received a full briefing from the commanding officers in the event after reconnaissance teams were inserted.
Nine teams of eight-member Special Forces, together with trainees are scheduled to proceed to Verugal area by dusk on Monday (10) to commence the ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike - III’ proper.
Eleven officers and twenty-nine Other Ranks from the Armed Forces in China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and India are currently in the East to take part in the event in response to invitations, extended by the Army Directorate of Training.
The multi-national land force leading novel Exercise incorporates a wide range of new dimensions and highlights the importance of sustaining regional cooperation with special focus on ‘opposition to terrorism’ and other peripheral threat issues.
Last year’s Exercise consisted of a mock operation, ‘Hostage Rescue Mission’, one of the most daring simulated feats in the project and over 110 Commando Regiment officers, 90 Special Forces officers, 400 Sailors and 150 Air Force personnel took part in the Exercise.
Amphibious Task Force will conduct a series of tasks ranging from inducting and de-inducting troops to providing naval gunfire support while naval troops involving landing tanks and crafts will carry out major amphibious landings at first light during this exercise.
Army Commandos and Special Forces as strategic forces that come directly under the command of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya will provide the major share to the whole of the Exercise.
Initiatives of the Army saw the first joint Exercise of this nature and magnitude take place in November 2010, nearly one and half year after culmination of the war for peace. The Sri Lanka Air Force inducted Special Forces and Commandos into enemy-held areas and staged a simulating rescue operation as a special feature to the training components which received the attention of the participating troops.
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