Singaporean and Australian troops conduct bilateral ship-to-shore landing exercises Down Under

This year’s Exercise Trident, which is taking place at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Australia, is from Nov 6 to Nov 15. - PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia (The Straits Times/ANN): More than 1,900 personnel from the Singaporean and Australian forces are conducting a joint military exercise that will see soldiers from both countries coming ashore from ships before assaulting objectives inland.

Codenamed Exercise Trident, the training activity involves troops and vehicles being disgorged from the Republic of Singapore Navy’s Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs), RSS Endurance and RSS Persistence, and then ferried ashore using Fast Craft Utility (FCU) and Fast Craft Equipment and Personnel (FCEP).