The three-week long joint military exercise, ‘Cormorant Strike III’ currently underway in the East with the participation of 40 foreign military personnel, took place in Punnakudam, Batticaloa today. 9 teams of 8-member Special Forces, together with the trainees of the ‘Cormorant Strike III’ are receiving training in the company of 11 officers and 29 other ranks of the Armed Forces in China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and India. (Pic by Osanda Daham Nimsara)