Women Army team to participate in Milan and PFR

By: WE Staff | Friday, 18 February 2022

Flagged off from Chennai, the 'All-Women Army Expedition' reached Visakhapatnam.

On a 44-foot-long Bavaria class boat, the seven-member team of Army officers reached the city.

The expedition covered a 330 miles to reach Visakhapatnam after an adventurous journey of 54 hours and was led by Major Mukta and organised under the supervision of the EME Sailing Association.

A release said that on February 21, the President of India will review the two fleet of the Navy, Coast Guard, SCI and MoES comprising 60 ships manned by over 10,000 personnel.

The President will sail through a formation of 44 ships symmetrically anchored off Visakhapatnam coast embarked on INS Sumitra, the designated Presidential Yacht. A commemorative stamp and a specially designed first day cover will be released by the President during the President's Fleet Review.

The ENC will host the multinational naval exercise MILAN-22 from February 25 to March 4 with the theme ‘Building Bridges of Friendship across the oceans with Camaraderie, Cohesion and Collaboration’. With an aim of fostering mutual understanding, cooperation and interoperability more than 45 countries have been invited to this event. More than 4 lakh people are expected to watch the ‘Ops Demo’ and city parade, said an ENC release.