Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], February 14 (ANI): The Indian Navy, together with Japan and Indonesia, carried out a trilateral train within the Andaman Sea on Friday (February 13).
The train aimed to reinforce joint operational readiness, enhance interoperability, and strengthen maritime cooperation for a secure and secure area.
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In a put up on X, Spokesperson of the Indian Navy shared, ‘Ships from the navies of India, Japan and Indonesia undertook a trilateral train within the Andaman Sea on 13 Feb 26, enhancing mixed operational readiness, interoperability and reinforcing maritime cooperation in direction of a secure, safe and secure area.’
Earlier, on Thursday, the Indian Navy assumed command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 154, a key multinational coaching process pressure beneath the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF).
According to a press launch, the change of command ceremony was carried out on February 11 at CMF Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, and was presided over by VAdm Curt A Renshaw, Commander, CMF / US NAVCEN/US Fifth Fleet.
VAdm Tarun Sobti, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS), Indian Navy, and senior army leaders from different member nations have been in attendance. Cmde Milind M Mokashi, Shaurya Chakra, of the Indian Navy, formally took over as Commander CTF 154 from the outgoing Commander of the Italian Navy.
According to the discharge, CTF 154 is particularly oriented towards coaching and capability constructing for member nations of the CMF. It displays the area’s rising belief in India’s skilled experience, operational expertise, and position as a Preferred Security Partner among the many 47 nations of the CMF.CTF 154, established in May 2023, is devoted to enhancing maritime safety by way of multinational coaching packages throughout the Middle East and the broader area.
The process pressure conducts common Maritime Security Enhancement Training (MSET) occasions, workout routines corresponding to Compass Rose and Northern/Southern Readiness, and outreach to construct associate nations’ operational capabilities to handle frequent threats, together with unlawful trafficking, piracy, and irregular migration, in keeping with the discharge.
CTF 154 operates alongside CMF’s different process forces: CTF 150 (Maritime Security), CTF 151 (Counter-Piracy), CTF 152 (Maritime Security in Arabian Gulf) and CTF 153 (Maritime Security in Red Sea). (ANI)