Monday, November 10, 2014

Photos of the day: Sino Singapore joint training exercise



 The eight-day exercise in Nanjing, China from Nov 2-9 will involve around 70 personnel each from the SAF and the PLA.

     http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/saf-china-s-pla-in-joint/1448770.html



SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) are holding their third bilateral training exercise in Nanjing, China from Nov 2 to 9. Called COOPERATION 2014, the eight-day exercise will involve around 70 personnel each from the SAF and the PLA.

The training includes professional seminars and a company-level conventional infantry exercise featuring a live-firing demonstration. The SAF is represented by personnel from the 5th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment and 3rd Singapore Division. They will participate in the exercise alongside their Chinese counterparts from the PLA 179th Brigade and Nanjing Military Region.

Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) Brigadier-General Siew Kum Wong co-officiated the opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov 2) with Major-General Wang Chunning, Commander of 12th Mixed Group Army, Nanjing Military Region.








5 comments:

commissarmoody said...

What Rifle are the Singapore troops using?

Coatepeque said...

SAR 21, based on AUG

commissarmoody said...

Thank you, I figured it was a domestically made rifle.

KERS-2012 said...

are they phoning each other?

Coatepeque said...

joint communication, I guess