Maldives Forces being trained at Indian counter insurgency warfare school
Twenty five soldiers from the Maldives National Defence Forces (MNDF) have arrived at the Indian Army’s elite Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) Vairengte, Mizoram being commanded by Brig RM Painuly, to undergo an intense four week course in Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorist Operations.
As the Commandant says, “Low Intensity Conflict are becoming global in scope. It is widely believed that terrorism is becoming less territorially defined, global in reach and more decentralized. Indeed, terrorism has now truly become a global phenomenon. They are not longer bound by limits of geography. Modern militancy has become a complex phenomenon. The globalised world is now matched by a globalised militant ideology. We need to tackle the menace of terrorism globally and hence joint training is a step in global war on terrorism”.
The Maldives National Defence Forces (MNDF) are keen to learn from Indian Army’s experience in combating insurgency for the last 50 years. And one can’t think of a better staging ground for this exchange of expertise between the two forces than the Indian Army’s unique Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare (CIJW) School, located in Mizoram. The motto of the School is ‘Fight the Guerrilla Like a Guerrilla’. The School has been recognized as a “Centre of Excellence for Counter Insurgency”. The School trains all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Para Military Forces and Central Police Organisations.
Going global, the School is providing training to Officers and Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBOR) of various friendly countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Botswana, Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana, Iraq, Kenya, Mauritius, Singapore, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Myanmar, Kyzgystan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Nigeria. Training facilities provided by the School are greatly appreciated by the subscribing countries. Many other countries have elicited interest in the training being imparted here and the demand is on the increase.
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