India-Indonesia joint military exercise concludes
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Agencies, February 21 2015 :
India-Indonesia 3rd joint military exercise dubbed GARUDA SHAKTI-III conducted at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Vairengte, Mizoram from February 9 concluded on Saturday.
The exercise is part of the ongoing series of joint exercises between Indian and Indonesian armies.
The exercise aimed at building and promoting positive military to military relations between the armies of the two nations, said a release issued by PRO Defence, Imphal LT Col Ajay Kumar Sharma.
The scope included sharing experience in "counter terrorism and conduct of joint counter insurgency training at platoon level aimed at neutralizing of terrorist threat", said the release.
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Indian Army was represented by troops from an Indian Infantry Battalion and Special Forces unit while personnel from 432 Battalion Kostrad Infantry (Airborne) and Gp I &Gp II of the Special Forces represented the Indonesian contingent.
The joint training was aimed at enhancing the knowledge of each other's military experience, skills and techniques and thereby enhancing the aspect of interoperability and responsiveness to a common threat in the future.
It has been observed that the exercise will go a long way in further strengthening the historical and diplomatic ties between both the nations.
The Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Vairengte, Mizoram is a training and research establishment of the Indian Army specialising in unconventional warfare, especially counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare.
CIJW is one of the premier counter-insurgency training institutions in the world.
The school's motto is reportedly to "fight the guerrilla like a guerrilla" .