Cormorant Strike....
September 20, 2017
Forty-eight Commandos of the Army, grouped into six teams rehearsed their professional skills in ‘Anti Hijacking & Hostage Release’ at Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa airport, Hambantota on Tuesday (19) during a mock Exercise, staged in the presence of Major General Aruna Jayasekera, Exercise Director and a few Senior Officers.
This hostage rescue demonstration, a minor segment of the just concluded ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike’, was launched under the ‘building option’, in which the Commandos of the Army, attached to the ‘Anti Hijacking & Hostage Release Team’ (AHHRT) displayed how hostages, trapped in a building, could be rescued safely, using vehicle manoeuvering method and heli-rappelling techniques respectively.
Pic By - Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi
