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RI, US MARINE CORPS TO CONDUCT JOINT EXERCISE
Situbondo, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian and US marine corps will conduct a joint exercise in Karangtekok, Asembagus, Situbondo, East Java, according to the Indonesian Marine Corps on Friday.
To be opened on Saturday (Oct 17), the joint exercise would involve 600 personnel from the US side and 630 from the Indonesian Marine Corps, First Lieutenant Mardiono from the Indonesian Marine Corps' information service said.
He said the operations assistant to Indonesian Marine Corps Commander, Col Ivan AR Titus, would lead the opening ceremony of the exercise.
"The ceremony will be preceded by an amphibious ship landing by marines from the two countries on the Banongan coast in Asembagus, Situbondo," he said.
Before a number of personnel and heavy-duty equipment would be landed using Landing Craft Utility in Banongan on Friday, to be followed later by the stationing of personnel and materials in Selogiri Mountain in Pasewaran and Karangtekok.
The US Marine Corps would deploy two ships, namely USS Rushmore and USS Ceveland, two LCUs, 17 AEV (amphibious vehicles) units and two CH-16 helicopters.
The exercise, the second so far, would be focussed on infantry activities, amphibious surveillance and combat assistance in the form of military operations in urban areas, jungle survival, amphibious landing, live firing, CQB and sniper skills," he said.
Besides tactial exercises, the activity to be led by Col Nur Alamsyah would also be marked by an engineers' civic action project which is a humanitarian aid project to be carried out in the form of classroom construction at a local state elementary school.
"There will also be a medical civic action project," he said.
Lt Col James Hensien, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 11, through the US consulate general in Surabaya, said some of marines and seamen from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) would conduct the joint exercise while others would help a local clinic to deliver health services.
"We are given an opportunity to conduct an exerise in a jungle and this will be a challenge for us as our personnel used to conduct an exercise in a desert," he said.***
To be opened on Saturday (Oct 17), the joint exercise would involve 600 personnel from the US side and 630 from the Indonesian Marine Corps, First Lieutenant Mardiono from the Indonesian Marine Corps' information service said.
He said the operations assistant to Indonesian Marine Corps Commander, Col Ivan AR Titus, would lead the opening ceremony of the exercise.
"The ceremony will be preceded by an amphibious ship landing by marines from the two countries on the Banongan coast in Asembagus, Situbondo," he said.
Before a number of personnel and heavy-duty equipment would be landed using Landing Craft Utility in Banongan on Friday, to be followed later by the stationing of personnel and materials in Selogiri Mountain in Pasewaran and Karangtekok.
The US Marine Corps would deploy two ships, namely USS Rushmore and USS Ceveland, two LCUs, 17 AEV (amphibious vehicles) units and two CH-16 helicopters.
The exercise, the second so far, would be focussed on infantry activities, amphibious surveillance and combat assistance in the form of military operations in urban areas, jungle survival, amphibious landing, live firing, CQB and sniper skills," he said.
Besides tactial exercises, the activity to be led by Col Nur Alamsyah would also be marked by an engineers' civic action project which is a humanitarian aid project to be carried out in the form of classroom construction at a local state elementary school.
"There will also be a medical civic action project," he said.
Lt Col James Hensien, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 11, through the US consulate general in Surabaya, said some of marines and seamen from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) would conduct the joint exercise while others would help a local clinic to deliver health services.
"We are given an opportunity to conduct an exerise in a jungle and this will be a challenge for us as our personnel used to conduct an exercise in a desert," he said.***
