Tatmadaw (Navy) conducted a Combined Fleet Exercise-Sea Shield 2019 yesterday in the Bay of Bengal and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected the exercise.

Accompanied by Union Minister for Defence Lt-Gen Sein Win, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Tin Aung San and Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Maung Maung Kyaw, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services viewed the combined fleet exercise from the Aung Zeya Vessel.

First, the Senior General and party heard a report on the exercise presented by the naval division commander on duty of naval division who was the leader of the exercise, and gave the verbal offensive order on war vessel-Aung Zeya. Afterwards, the commander and Cos returned to their respective warships and conducted the exercise in accord with the program.

Navy seals gave a demonstration of raiding an enemy-seized passenger and trading ship and rescuing hostages by using four fast patrol crafts and three helicopters.

On completion of the exercise, the participating war vessels saluted the Senior General aboard war vessel-Aung Zeya under fleet review.

Next, officers and other ranks aboard the high-speed watercrafts who participated in the exercise saluted the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.

They then continued conducting their exercise by firing aerial defence weapons at enemy aircrafts and fired artilleries at enemy reconnaissance watercrafts. In order to crush the enemy’s main fleet, the naval troops changed into Formation-10 and conducted firing missiles and main artilleries.

After the fighting exercise, the naval water crafts carried out underway replenishment at sea exercise.

Local media also reported the Combined Fleet Exercise-Sea Shield 2019 from the Aung Zeya navy vessel.

Following the exercise, the Commander-in-Chief visited the Cocogyun Township People’s Hospital and comforted the patients receiving treatment by specialists of the mobile ship of the Tatmadaw.

Afterwards, the Commander-in-Chief met with the press and briefed on the military exercises carried out by the Tatmadaw, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.

—MNA
(Translated by TTN)