Port Blair, June 17: A team comprising of two officer and 17 cadets from National Defence Academy, Pune visited Andaman & Nicobar Command from 3rd- 8th June 2013 for a SCUBA diving camp in these pristine Islands. The team members were exposed to their first underwater experience and subsequently trained in other advance diving skills, including handling of diving emergencies underwater. On completion of initial training the team was taken to North Bay for their sea dive, wherein they witnessed Island marine life including Coral and Reefs.
As part of the camp the young military minds were briefed on various strategic and developmental aspects of the Islands and the environmental and ecological sensitivities were emphasized. The Indian Military through such visits aims to sensitise future military leadership as the security vs development imperative of the A & N Islands.
The team visited various places of historical interests like Cellular Jail, National Museum, Sagarika along with Ross Island and Chidyatapu.