The opening ceremony of 7th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) Exercise-2024 was held at National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Pabbi.
Director General Military Training opened the 60-hour long Patrolling Exercise which aims at enhancing military to military cooperation under complex international security environment.
A total of 20 friendly countries including military observers are participating in the event.
Major participants include Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkiye, United States of America and Uzbekistan while Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Myanmar, Germany, Indonesia, Japan and Oman will witness the exercise as military observers.
Pakistan Army Team Spirit is a mission specific and task oriented professional military exercise organized annually in Pakistan.
The exercise calls for highest standard of physical fitness, mental agility, robustness and professional military expertise for quick decision mak
ing in varied situations during conduct of challenging missions in near real environment.
Source: Radio Pakistan