Kohima, July 9 (MExN): 155 Battalion CRPF Bokajan carried out a weapon display for the cadets at the ongoing 10-day Combined Annual Training Camp of Air Sqn, NCC, Dimapur on July 8.
A total of 550 NCC cadets (both boys and girls) from various institutions are taking part in the camp, which began on July 4 at Pilgrim School, Dimapur under the guidance of NCC Group Headquarter Kohima.
According to a press release from Col C Konwer, PRO (Defence), the weapon instructors of the CRPF battalion displayed all the hand operated, semi-automatic and automatic weapons and demonstrated the correct handling, operating, all the safety precautions to be adopted and maintenance of the weapons. Also the cadets were told about the history of weapons from primitive age to renaissance, it added.
Mukesh Kumar Tyagi, Commandant of 155 Bn CRPF also addressed the cadets about the motto of the weapon training, its implementation to counter insurgency and self protection. He maintained that the training on weapon is an important facet of NCC training.
