Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Navy, Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion 1, and the US Marines on May 6 conducted parachuting training at the Indonesian Navy Air Base in Pondok Cabe.
Indonesian Commander of the battalion, Major Laili Nugroho noted in a statement from his office that the exercise aims to improve air capabilities and skills for infiltration.
The combat free fall parachute training at the Pondok Cabe Air Base was divided into four flight sorties at an altitude of over three km.
The parachuting exercise in Pondok Cabe is a series of the 2024 Reconnaissance Exchange (Reconex) Joint Exercise between the Indonesian Navy Marine Corps and the US Marine Forces Pacific (US Marforpac) from April 25 to May 10, 2024.
Reconex Training is a joint exercise routinely held by the Indonesian Navy Marine Corps and the US Marine Corps every one to two years. Trainings in 2021 and 2023 were held at the Marine Force Reconnaissance Battalion Camp, Pendleton, California, the US.
The areas of focus of the 2024 Reconex comprise combat marksmanship, sniper range shooting training, tactical combat casual care, joint-combined exchange training, close-quarters battle with the new generation sUAS system, ground reconnaissance involving patrolling, mission planning and procedure briefing, military freefall jump, and full mission profile./.
