Lebanese Armed Force, UNIFIL joint military training

Some units of the Lebanese Armed Forces and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) carried out a joint training combining artillery and machine gun live fire in an area one kilometer south of UNIFIL Headquarters in the border area of Naqoura, Southern Lebanon. The training, named "Neptune Thunder", was led by the UNIFIL Force Commander Reserve (FCR/French) and LAF 5th Brigade elements. The live firing was also conducted by UNIFIL specialized units from the Spanish Cavalry Squadron constituting the Sector East Mobile Reserve, Irish battalion and Indonesian Force Protection Company. The training is directed for improving the skills and expertise of the battle groups, to maintain their efficiency and mutual knowledge. It involved a dynamic presentation of the two forces'' respective artillery and armored assets, whereby dozens of artillery shells and machine gun rounds were fired at targets located off the coastline.