‘Amphibious landing’ successfully completed in Mannar, today [November 24 2010]

The soldiers of the three forces, who are under going the ‘Exercise-Cormorants Strike’, has completed one of the main training event ‘amphibious landing’ in the morning at the Silawathura beach in Mannar, today.

Army Spokesman Maj.Gen. Ubaya Madewala said the sailors of the Navy brought in the infantry troops and landed on the beach.

The nine-day ‘Cormorant Strike’ is the first post-LTTE era joint exercise conducted on an amphibious setting on the north-western coast.

The exercise coincides with LTTE’s ‘Heroes Week’ events in the West. The LTTE organised weeklong celebrations in areas under its control in the Northern and Eastern provinces culminated with its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s birthday speech until 2008.