RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has emphasized on perpetual state of combat readiness and commended the morale and combat efficiency of Pakistani troops.
“The resilience, resolve and heroic deeds of our men against odds have earned international acclaim for our audacity as a nation,” the COAS said while speaking to officers and men near Kharian where he spent night and witnessed the night and dawn operations of the central command as part of Pakistan Army Field Exercises.
The exercises were aimed at validating latest operational plans involving infantry and mechanized troops and their support elements from the entire central command, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued in a press release issued on Tuesday.
Apart from first ever use of fully digitized virtual Command and Control Room, the exercise saw the first formal employment of indigenous Mine Dispensing System also.
The Special Services Group (SSG) troops participated with most impressive High Altitude drop by their free fall paratroopers.
While speaking to officers and men on the occasion, the COAS said that Army Field Exercise has fully achieved its objectives of validating our updated operational plans integrated with latest communication concepts and cyber technology to radically reduce our reaction time for quick response.
The army chief said that successful culmination of the exercise has boosted our confidence in our combat readiness. Induction of numerous indigenously prepared systems manifests our growing technical prowess and self-reliance, he said.
Our adversary must know while we have been fully occupied in a determined fight against terrorism across the country specially the western border, we have kept ourselves prepared to take on any misadventure or strategic miscalculation by our adversary, the COAS said.
