Advanced and Basic Navigation Courses held for youths (group 1/2016)

THE Gathering Ceremony of Trainees from all camps of the Navigation Advanced Course and Navigation Basic Course for youths (group 1 for 2016) was held at the Bayintnaung accommodation camp in Yangon on Monday.

Following the gathering ceremony, the trainees and trainers studied warships of the Myanmar Navy fleet sitting in dock at a navy jetty in Thanlyin Township. Officials gave educative talks on naval guns and other naval weapons and their operation, engines’ systems on board serving navy vessels, communication systems, general knowledge concerned with sea navigation and the operational processes that are followed while the warships are on active duty.

The trainees were taken on a tour of newly constructed warships and those that are undergoing repair in the dockyard after the Commander of the Headquarters of the Dockyard of the Myanmar Navy explained the history of the Myanmar Navy and common navy procedures to the trainees. --Myanmar Navy