Indian Navys First Training Squadron To Visit Sri Lanka

Highlights:

• The 1st Training Squadron is on a 4-day visit to Sri Lanka from 24 - 28 Oct as part of their Overseas Deployment for the 100th and 101st Integrated Officers Training Course.
• The deployment is aimed to broaden the horizons of young officers and officer-trainees by exposing them to the socio-political and maritime facets of different countries in the Indian Ocean Region.

• The deployment will also expose the trainees onboard towards the conduct of IN warships in various evolutions at sea, port familiarisation and above all, foster the bridges of friendship with foreign nations.
• The ships are part of Southern Naval Command (SNC), which is the Training Command of the Indian Navy.  
• The 1st Training Squadron based at Kochi provides the ‘first sea legs’ to the Executive Officers of the Indian Navy on completion of their ab-initio training at the Indian Naval Academy.
• The Squadron comprises seven indigenously built ships, namely, Indian Naval Ships Tir, Sujata, Magar, Shardul, Coast Guard Ship Vikram and two Sail Training Ships INS Sudarshini and INS Tarangini.
• The Squadron is currently helmed by Captain Aftab Ahmed Khan, Senior officer, Training Squadron and Commanding Officer, INS Tir.
• During the four-day deployment, IN ships Magar and Shardul alongwith trainees of 101 IOTC will visit the Colombo harbour, while IN ships Sujata, Sudarshini, Tarangini, and CGS Vikram will visit Trincomalee with the trainees of 100th IOTC.
• Various training activities are planned to be conducted between the Navies of the two countries to enhance the interoperability of the two forces.