www.chinaview.cn, Editor: Yan, 2009-10-18 23:09:06
JAKARTA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The marines of Indonesia and the United States conducted a joint amphibious landing exercise at the Banongan Beach, Asembagus, Situbondo in East Java on Sunday, the national Antara news agency reported.
The exercise, called the Interoperability-Field Training Exercise (FTX-IIP) Marine Exercise (Mrex) 2009, was in a series of Joint Exercises held by the Indonesian and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Alfan Baharudin, Commander of the Indonesian Marine Corps, said in the opening remarks of the exercise that the Indonesian-American Marine Corps joint exercises had succeeded in increasing cooperation between the two.
"Indusa (Indonesia-USA) Marex 2009 exercise which involved 1,300 personnel from both countries, is a large scale joint exercise ever held by the Indonesian and American Marines," he said, adding that he expected both Marine Corps would work together to learn, so as to increase personnel capabilities.
According to him, the Indonesian Marines will gain new knowledge about city war (Marine Operations Urban Terrain) in the exercises, while the U.S. Marines will have knowledge of the system used in forest battle.
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