Successful conclusion to Ex-Nomadic Elephant at CIJWS

  • | Sunday | 23rd April, 2017

The Mongolian soldiers have participated in UN missions in Sierra Leone and South Sudan. The next few moments are tense as Indian and Mongolian soldiers crawl towards the house and finally manage to neutralise the threat. Indian troops are also highly acclaimed as UN peacekeepers. During the last 11 episodes, the two armies held joint exercises at different locations in India and Mongolia. Vairengte (Mizoram): Senior officials of the United Nations have been taken hostage by heavily-armed terrorists in a strife-ridden country.

Vairengte (Mizoram): Senior officials of the United Nations have been taken hostage by heavily-armed terrorists in a strife-ridden country. They are being held hostage in a village and international peacekeepers are called in to rescue them. The rescuers comprise troops of the 15 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (15 JAKRIF) of the Indian Army and the 084 Special Force Task Battalion of the Mongolian Armed Forces.The first lot of 16 officers and soldiers rappel down a Mi-17 helicopter behind a knoll a few hundred metres from the village. The second helicopter unloads a similar number of troops in an undulating field. Each team consists of eight pairs of buddies. Every buddy pair comprises an Indian and a Mongolian soldier. Within minutes, the second team assaults one of the houses in complete stealth and throws in a stun grenade. Even as the firefight starts, the first team strikes the other house. A fleeing terrorist is 'taken out' by a sniper nearly 400 metres away. Less than 15 minutes later, the all clear is sounded and three terrorists lie dead. A couple of others have been taken captive and the UN officials rescued.This was just one of the situations tackled during the 15-day long Exercise Nomadic Elephant between the Indian and Mongolian armies at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) in Vairengte. Immediately after the hostage rescue, the troops' convoy comes under heavy and accurate fire from a house situated on higher ground. The next few moments are tense as Indian and Mongolian soldiers crawl towards the house and finally manage to neutralise the threat. The Mongolian soldiers have participated in UN missions in Sierra Leone and South Sudan. Indian troops are also highly acclaimed as UN peacekeepers."This is the 12th edition of Ex-Nomadic Elephant. During the last 11 episodes, the two armies held joint exercises at different locations in India and Mongolia. This time, CIJWS was selected. The training has been of extremely high standards and it has been a great learning experience for both sides. India has been holding regular exercises with her neighbours but in this case, we have gone beyond that. Mongolia doesn't share borders with India but we are looking further towards international deployments," says Maj Gen P N Verma, general officer commanding, 59 Infantry Brigade."This was a great opportunity for us. This is the first time we got an opportunity to practice in the jungles. We don't have jungles in Mongolia. We lerant to forage for food, interact with locals and set up mobile check-points," said Maj Gen Sukhbat Radnaabazar, deputy chief of the Mongolian Armed Forces.According to Col Parvinder Singh, CO, 15 JAKRIF, practicing with a professional elite task force battalion was a rare opportunity. "The aim was to hone skills in counter-terrorism operations under the UN mandate. During the joint drills, interoperability was the key word. It didn't really matter that the troops didn't speak each others language. They devised some common terms and hand signs before going into operations," he said.EOM

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