Indian Navy First Training Squadron embarks on long-range training deployment to Southeast Asia

Key facts

• Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron embarks on a long-range deployment to Southeast Asia, combining officer training with port calls, joint exercises and maritime diplomacy under India’s Act East Policy.
• Three naval ships and an ICG vessel of the Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron will be part of the long range training deployment to South East Asia.
• The ships of the First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy — INS Tir, INS Shardul, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Sarathi — will be proceeding on an LRTD to South East Asia as part of a training curriculum of the 110th Integrated Officers’ Training Course (IOTC).
• The squadron is scheduled to undertake port calls at Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.
• The 110th Integrated Officers’ Training Course includes six international officer trainees.
• Personnel from the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have also embarked for the deployment.