Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:01:58 PM
Omani Army, UK Forces Hold Largest Joint Exercise

The Armed Forces of the Sultan and other military and security forces in the Sultanate of Oman, with the participation of more than 70 thousand elements of the Sultanate began the implementation of the largest military training in its history.

"The activities of Loftiness 2, Al-Shomuk 2, will be followed directly by the joint military exercise with the British Sword Express 3, which started Monday and continues until the end of October," said Staff Chief, Ahmed Al Nabhani.

"The joint exercise will culminate in a practical demonstration of live ammunition on November 3, and the participants in the field exercises will be trained at the strategic, operational and tactical levels," Nabhani added.

On the number of participants in the exercise, Al-Nabhani said that "the number of participants in this exercise reached more than 70 thousand participants from the Sultanate of various military, security and civilian, as well as the British armed forces, which involved more than 5500 soldiers."

The Omani military official pointed out that the national exercise "Al-Shamoukh 2" comes to achieve this synergy in the joint national action. The joint exercise "Sword Express 3" is a great opportunity to gain experience in how to move troops from working with themselves to joint common action, Friendly forces with high capabilities and capabilities.

Between 25 February and 19 March, Omani forces carried out the joint command center exercises "Joint effort 10". The aim of the "joint effort" exercise is to achieve coordination, cooperation and integration between all the participating bodies in the exercise, at all levels of strategy, operation and fatigue, in order to achieve greater efficiency and readiness for the exercises "Al-Shokkh 2" and "Sword Express 3".

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