Exercise Maitree: The Indo-Thailand Joint Exercise Culminates

Exercise Maitree, which has commenced on 15 July 2016 under the aegis of the Royal Thailand Army, culminated on 29^th July.

It was conducted at Krabi in Thailand with the aim to train contingents of both the armies on conduct of counter terrorist operations in an urban environment.

The key points:

• At least 90 soldiers of Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army participated in the two-week-long exercise.
• The exercise included combined training, familiarisation with weapons and equipment used by both the countries.
• The exercise included combined training, familiarization with weapons & equipment used by both the countries, analysing groupings, drills and tactics.
• The exercise also conducted operations like cordon and search, raids, and seek and destroy missions.
• The combined training was an excellent opportunity to understand and learn from each other’s experiences.
• During the exercise both the Armies were able to evolve common tactical procedures and drills to enhance inter-operability.