The 212 Force One commandos, who were to be deployed on October 15 in Mumbai have been sent for a one-week crash course in jungle training.
The 212 Force One commandos, who were to be deployed on October 15 in Mumbai have been sent for a one-week crash course in jungle training. Their deployment schedule has been delayed due to the course but the authorities claim that the course was much needed to give a final touch to the commandos’ training.
Force One, a commando unit for Maharashtra was conceived after the November 26, 2008 terror attack. The candidates were being trained at the SRPF grounds in Pune on the lines of India’s elite combat force — the National Security Guards (NSG).
“The commandos are being taken for jungle training and will be deployed after its culmination,” said Chiranjeev Prasad, commandant, Force One refusing to comment further.
Sources from Force One said that the jungle training would be conducted in forts near Lonavla. While the officers are still in the process of finalising a location, they are considering Rajmachi, Raigad and Mahabaleshwar.
The training, to be conducted by the Maharashtra police trekking team, is aimed at sharpening the “rough edges” of the commandos, if any. They will be given intensive training in trekking and rappelling to enable them to tackle attacks in rocky and hilly areas.
“So far, the commandos were trained in room intervention and several other important tactics based on the case studies of past terror attacks in India. In this final jungle training, the commandos will be put in odd situations like firing at enemy hidden in a forest or in a rocky mountain,” said an officer from Force Once.
The commandos will be trained in systemised hideout operations in the jungles and will be asked to fight in such similar situations. The unit will also be trained in tackling situations like snake bites or insect bites in the jungle. They will be given first hand knowledge about using the medicine kits for themselves and for their fellows if required.
The Force One was earlier trained by taking the case studies of the 26/11 terror strike, the Akshardham temple attack and the attack on Parliament. During the training, scenarios of these attacks were created for the commandos.
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