The exercise, taking place from September 10 to 20 in the Gulf of Tonkin area, aimed to enhance the capability of commanders and staff at all levels in guidance, direction, and management; assess combat training results; evaluate the quality of weapons and technical equipment on ships. Its goals also include improving command organization and proficiency in implementing action plans during the use of weapons and equipment under both daytime and nighttime conditions.
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Ships of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command during the exercise |
The exercise’s results would serve as a basis for later proposals on leadership and command to further improve combat training quality in the future.
Despite being conducted in complex and changing sea weather conditions, such as scorching sun, thunderstorms, strong winds, and heavy rains, all participating officers and soldiers showed high determination, pro-actively overcame difficulties and hardships to accomplish the mission.
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Troops in swimming tests at the anchorage area |
During field exercise, they maintained strict focus on commanders’ orders, mastered combat skills, and demonstrated strong determination in swimming and shooting tests, using AK submachine guns, RPD light machine guns, RPG-7 rocket launchers, and naval guns. They also showed tactics in single-ship and squadron formations.
Attentively, crew-members confidently and accurately downed low-flying aerial targets and moving sea targets in both daytime and nighttime, successfully completing the set requirements.
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Practicing live-fire shooting at sea with AK submachine guns |
According to Senior Colonel Luong Cao Khai, Second-in-Command and Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command, the results of the exercise this year were significantly higher than those in previous years. This served as a foundation for the Command to further enhance combat readiness and command capability, and improve troops’ proficiency in handling weapons, equipment, and tactical situations during training.
These achievements contributed to fulfilling task requirements in the new situation and firmly safeguarding national maritime sovereignty, security, order, and safety of national sea and islands.
Translated by Mai Huong