A.F.M. members complete course on fast-roping and Board-and-Search techniques
PR807
02/05/1997
| Ten members from 'C' Rifle company of 1st Regiment, AFM and another | ten members from the Maritime Squadron of 2nd Regiment, AFM have just completed a two week course on fast-roping and board-and-search techniques. |
| The course was organised in Malta by two instructors from the | Italian San Marco Marine Battalion with the participation of AB 212 helicopters of the Italian Military Mission and Maritime Squadron patrol boats. |
| The techniques learnt during the course will serve to enable AFM | personnel board suspect ships using very fast methods of descending from helicopters. The training received by the AFM personnel will also be put to the test during the forthcoming Italo-Maltese Annual exercise Canale 1997 which will take place off the Sicilian Coast next June. |
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