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India, U.S. hold counter-terrorism drill

Staff Correspondent

Belgaum: In what is seen as continuation of a process aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between India and the United States in the areas of political, economic and military importance that expedited after September 11 terrorist attack on the U.S., the armies of the two largest democracies are presently conducting joint exercise focussed on counter-terrorism operations in Belgaum.

The 10-day exercise themed "Shatrujeet" (victory over the enemy), the second in the series, is essentially a capsule on counter terrorism, being conducted in semi-urban insurgency environment with the objective of enhancing interoperability at functional level and share mutual experiences on counter terrorism operations along with Operations Other Than War, besides training and operations of an Infantry/Marine Company.

While the first such exercise with U.S. Marine Corps was conducted at Camp Pendleton in the U.S. in June last, Shatrujeet-06 is being conducted with 160 personnel each from Rifle company of 21 battalion of the Punjab Regiment and 2/4 Marine Regiment, U.S. Headed by Commanding Officers Colonel Vijay B. Nair of 21 Punjab Infantry Battalion and Major J. Scrabeck of 2/4 U.S. Marine Corps, their companies are drawing satisfactory results out of the joint exercise.According to Col. Nair, the exercise was part of the Indo-U.S. Defence cooperation under the aegis of Defence Policy Group.

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