RAWALPINDI: The 7th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) Exercise-2024 started at National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Pabbi on Sunday with an impressive opening ceremony, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release.
According to ISPR, the Director General Military Training opened the 60-hour-long Patrolling Exercise, which aims at enhancing military-to-military cooperation under a 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, Morocco, Maldives, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkiye, Thailand, the United States of America, and Uzbekistan, while Azerbaijan, China, Myanmar, Germany, Belarus, Indonesia, Japan, and Oman will witness the exercise as military observers, ISPR stated.
Pakistan Army Team Spirit is a mission-specific and task-oriented professional military exercise organized annually in Pakistan. “The exercise calls for the highest standard of physical fitness, mental agility/ robustness, and professional military expertise for quick decision making in varied situations during the conduct of challenging missions in a near real environment,” the ISPR press release stated.
The aim and objectives of this exercise revolve around perseverance acclaimed through team spirit. The exercise would help hone basic soldierly attributes besides interoperability through the sharing of innovative ideas and mutual best practices.
