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| Sunday, 13 March 2005 |
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Indian Navy trains Lankan cadets by M.P. Muttiah Sri Lankan Naval cadets will undergo a six-day sea training from tomorrow at the three Indian Naval training ships that arrived in Colombo on March 10 on a goodwill mission. Indian Naval Training ships, INS Krishna, Sujata and Taringini, based in Kochchi in Kerala that will be here till March 22, provide sea training to officer cadets of Sri Lanka Navy to become seafarers, to develop qualities to take on all challenges that the sea can pose, under the India-Sri Lanka Cadet's Training Exchange Program. INS Taringini, is the sail ship and a part of the first training squadron of the Indian Navy. INS Krishna is a warship propelled by steam and INS Sujata is an offshore patrol vessel. During the sea training phase, the Sri Lankan cadets will be exposed to various facets of naval operations at sea. The objective of the training is to impart practical experience with simultaneous theoretical inputs. The training is divided into two phases, that is harbour training and sea training. The officers and sailors who train the cadets are some of the finest and most capable men in the Indian Navy. The officers and men have years of experience at sea and most have had extensive operational assignments prior to being appointed on the training ships. A component of the famous Indian naval band will give a public performance along with the Sri Lankan naval band today at the Open Air auditorium in the Viharamahadevi Park. |
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