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Indian, Indonesian Troops Conduct Joint Jungle Warfare Drill.

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Army Statement: Training together to counter the scourge of insurgency in various contemporary scenarios including jungle warfare, the operational part of the first-ever platoon-level joint training exercise – EX GARUDA SHAKTI – of the armies of India and Indonesia, concluded successfully today at the Indian Army's elite Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS), Vairengte in Mizoram. Chakravyuh, a three-day outdoor validation exercise tested the week-long training, imparted at various CI modules and at the plethora of firing ranges in the guerrilla warfare school, ended with the busting of a simulated insurgent hide-out in the Lushai Hills, in the early hours of Thursday, after a grueling night-long march.

The Indonesian National Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat, TNI-AD, in short) troops led by Lt Col Gatot Heru Puana of KOSTRAD (Indonesian Army's Strategic Reserve Command) belonging to the 13th Infantry Brigade comprised of five officers, six Non-Commissioned Officers and 14 Privates. Troops from the 19th Madras Infantry Battalion, of 21 Mountain Division under Eastern Command, currently deployed in CI operations in the northeast sector, comprised the Indian side. For proper assimilation of the nuances in CIJW operations of the Indonesian troops, all training and attack drills were coordinated by having two mixed platoons (comprising around 30 soldiers each) of KOSTRAD soldiers and the Indian Infantry troops, overseen by senior military observers.

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Funny, how I just read a article, about Pakistan wanting a Islamic military bloc after seeing this.

Anyway great news indeed.
 
Good move! GoI should ramp up joint exercises like this. Indonesia is looking forward to augmenting their military skills and IA can contribute very positively to that effort. That will be the right way to proceed along the "Look East" path. :tup:
 
Nice pictures above. Nice to see the Indonesian Soldiers wearing ballistic Patkas. Very likely that some may even adopt that head-dress. Given that Helmets are very heavy and sweaty in the Indonesian jungles, they tended to wear floppy hats which afforded no protection whatsoever. :)
 
India's Jungle Warfare School is considered the best in the world. Its high time that they also train CRPF to combat Naxals.
 

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