Pakistan Army has opened a 60-hour-long joint exercise in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Saudi Arabia and the United States among the participating nations, the military’s media wing said on Sunday.
The seventh International Pakistan Army Team Spirit Exercise-2024 began at the National Counter Terrorism Centre at Pabbi, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Director General Military Training opened the 60 hours long Patrolling Exercise which aims at enhancing military to military cooperation under complex international security environment.
A total of 20 friendly countries including military observers are participating in the event. Major participants include Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkiye, United States of America and Uzbekistan while Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Myanmar, Germany, Indonesia, Japan and Oman will witness the exercise as military observers.
Pakistan Army Team Spirit
Pakistan Army Team Spirit is a mission specific and task oriented professional military exercise organized annually in Pakistan. The exercise calls for highest standard of physical fitness, mental agility, robustness and professional military expertise for quick decision making in varied situations during conduct of challenging missions in near real environment.
The opening ceremony of 7th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (#PATS) Exercise-2024 was held at National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Pabbi, today. –#ISPR
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The aim and objectives of this exercise revolve around perseverance acclaimed through the team spirit. The exercise would help hone basic soldierly attributes besides interoperability through sharing of innovative ideas and mutual best practices.
Pakistan routinely holds joint air, ground and sea exercises with friendly nations to foster interoperability and joint deployment concepts to counter threats to global peace.
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