Tag: sri lanka

POTD: Australian Amphibious Raid

Posted August 18, 2022 in MIL/LE, Photo Of The Day by Eric B with No Comments

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the world’s largest international maritime exercise, and the 2022 edition is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. Above you can see Australian Army reconnaissance team members moving into their position during an [Read More…]

Rehabilitating Insurgents with Guns

Posted November 7, 2012 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 23 Comments

Hundreds of former Tamil Tigers fighters are in detention/rehabilitation centres. Some of the best shots, some of them former insurgent snipers, are being trained in competition shooting by the Sri Lanka military as part of their rehabilitation. I cannot think of [Read More…]