TRADOC concludes 13-day CATEX maneuvers in Nueva Ecija

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 30): TRADOC concludes 13-day CATEX maneuvers in Nueva Ecija

In line with efforts to make Filipino soldiers more professional and at par with their ASEAN neighbors, the Capas-based Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) conducted a 13-day Combined Arms Training Exercise (CATEX) which formally ended Wednesday.

Capt. Alberto Caber, TRADOC spokesperson, said CATEX, which was held in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, aims to strenghten the fighting competencies of soldiers held at Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija which ended on March 29, 2017.

Around 389 officers and 618 enlisted personnel from various TRADOC courses and 171 candidate soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division Training School participated in the 13-day exercise.

Caber said CATEX is part of a TRADOC initiative training soldiers to operate in a joint inter-agency, inter-governmental and multi-national environment.

The exercise includes military operation in urban terrain; battle drills and situational exercises; field training exercises; live fire exercises of 105mm howitzers and mortars; and command post exercise.

Other training events in CATEX include closed-air support, troop insertion and casualty evacuation exercises.

The CATEX is in compliance with the directive of higher headquarters geared to infuse in each and every participant realistic scenarios measuring their preparedness facing real life combat.

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