An inspiring parade organised at the INS Chilka marked the culmination of a 22-week-long training programme and passing out of a total of 2,282 sailors from the programme.
The successful trainees will be deputed at sea and various training schools of the Indian Navy for further professional training. The parade was reviewed by Rear Admiral MS Pawar, VSM, Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command.
The trainees were exposed to service training as well as academic subjects like Computers and Applied Science. Moreover, they were also are toughened both physically and mentally through various adventure activities like route marches, sailing expeditions, outdoor camps, weapon firing and swimming.
Srikant S Padhy, Maneesh Kumar Mishra and Dinesh Kumar Jat were awarded as the best trainees in SSR, MR (STD) and Navik (GD) categories, respective. The new recruits for the next batch will join the INS Chilka on August 18.