SLNS Samudura (thirty first January 2023) left for the Port of Karachi from Colombo to take part inside the multinational naval prepare AMAN hosted by the Pakistan Navy. On the directives of Commander of the Navy, the ship is scheduled to take part inside the 08th model of ‘AMAN’ representing Sri Lanka Navy.
The departing ship was despatched off amidst customary naval traditions on the port of Colombo.
This yr’s prepare has been organised on the theme ‘Collectively for Peace and Security’ and can most likely be held in Karachi from tenth to 14th February. Extra, navies from 110 worldwide places have been invited to hitch the multinational naval prepare.
Within the meantime, the prepare is primarily centered on sustaining peace and security inside the Indian Ocean space and it encompasses every Harbour and Sea Phases. Furthermore, SLNS Samudura is anticipated to attend a sequence of naval exercises along with maritime security, counter piracy and humanitarian assist, Replenishment at Sea (RAS), Manoeuvre and Formation, Firing Practices and Go to Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) exercises in ‘AMAN’ – 2023.
Collaborating on this nature of naval exercises would open new avenues to the Sri Lanka Navy to assemble inter-operability with regional and extra-regional companions, change most interesting practices and procedures in maritime operations and undertake new challenges in maritime space and collectively uncover choices to beat these factors.
Within the meantime, the Commanding Officer of SLNS Samudura Captain DMDC Bandara exchanged views with regard to the prepare with the Deputy House Commander Western Naval House, Rear Admiral Rohitha Abeysinghe and Director Naval Operations, Commodore Buddhika Liyanagamage on board SLNS Samudura, sooner than the departure. Marking the significance of the occasion, the Commanding Officer of SLNS Samudura supplied a memento to the Deputy House Commander.
