Navy to incorporate army, air force in simulation amphibious exercise
The Nigerian Navy plans to incorporate the amphibious battalion with the army and the air force in the next amphibious simulation exercise.
The flag officer commanding (FOC) Naval Doctrine Command, Shehu Gombe, said this on Sunday during the 2024 Simulation of Amphibious Operation held at Tarkwa Bay, Lagos.
Mr Gombe said the exercise was a partnership between the French Navy and the Nigerian Navy, simulating a hostage taking situation and recovering them.
“We had the French Navy assets, both vehicles and their Special Boat Service (SBS) Army, with NN ships, SBS, and helicopters partaking in the exercise.
“The exercise scenario ran very well, and we were able to recover the hostages and also able to carry out medical evacuation and amphibious landing and it was successful,” he said.
The FOC also said that the amphibious battalion commander, NAF, CO 65 and their boat were observers at the simulation exercise.
“The Nigerian Army were also there as observers. When next we are carrying out a bigger simulation wherever they decide, we will incorporate them and it will be joint,” he said.
Mr Gombe said exercise like this helps keep troops battle-ready and sharp should there be a real need for them to be called upon to bring their training to bear.
(NAN)
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