(UTV|COLOMBO) – A team of Sri Lanka Navy Marines comprising 25 naval personnel including an officer left for Australia on 21 May 2018 to make its debut in the maritime exercise ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (RIMPAC) – 2018 hosted by the US Navy.
The exercise RIMPAC is scheduled to be held at the port of Townsville in Queensland, Australia, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu and Hawaii, USA from 28 June to 04 August.
This year’s exercise organized on the theme ‘Capable, Adaptive, Partners’ will feature a range of military exercises including amphibious operations, operations in urban areas and live firing. Joint naval exercises of this nature would enable to further strengthen mutual partnerships with rest of the Marine Forces in the world, augmenting the capacities of the SLN Marine Battalion.
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