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New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron (1TS), INS Tir, Shardul, Sujata, and ICGS Sarathi , is all set to proceed to South East Asia on a Long Range Training Deployment (LRTD). It will be part of the training curriculum of the 110th Integrated Officers’ Training Course (IOTC).
As per the press release issued by the Indian Navy, the squadron will undertake port calls at Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. This deployment aims to provide a comprehensive operational and cross-cultural exposure to officer trainees, even as India reinforces sustained maritime engagement with countries in South East Asia.
“During these port visits, a wide range of professional interactions, training engagements and cooperative activities are planned with the host navies and maritime agencies. These include structured training exchanges, cross-deck visits, interactions with various subject matter experts and Joint Maritime Partnership exercises”, the release added further.
The training will help in enhancing interoperability, mutual trust and understanding, and exchanging best practices at sea. The release added,“The 110th Integrated Officers’ Training Course includes six international officer trainees, reflecting the Indian Navy’s continued commitment to capacity building and professional training of personnel from friendly foreign nations”.
Apart from this, the personnel of the Indian Air Force and Indian Army are also embarked for the deployment. This will help in strengthening jointness and cohesiveness between the services. The deployment is a proof of the Indian Navy’s stress on training excellence even while playing important role in maritime diplomacy, goodwill and cooperative formulation of regional maritime security.
In September last year, the squadron had arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, as part of a long-range training deployment in the South West Indian Ocean Region. The deployment was India’s Mahasagar vision.
