Special forces unit to train in India |08 January 2011

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian High Commission said on Friday the unit will be trained in special forces operations, VIP protection duties, commando operations and deep-sea diving.
 
This is part of the ongoing military cooperation between the two countries, under which the SPDF has been receiving training in various institutes of the Indian Defence Forces for more than a decade.

The training of 20 Tazar personnel will begin in mid-January and will give a cutting edge to Seychellois special forces. Nearly all officers of the SPDF have now received some training in India, and the excellent level of professionalism has been visible in various operations they have carried out.

The upcoming training will last for nearly three months. The Tazar unit will be training as a team for a month at the Commando School (Belgaum, Karnataka), followed by a month at the Special Forces Training School (Nahan, Himachal Pradesh).
 
They will then be trained in batches for the final phase of a month at the National Security Guard Training Centre (Delhi), Special Forces Training School and INS Venduruthy (Cochin, Kerala).

 Training will cover all aspects of special forces tactics, VIP security, hostage rescue, close-quarter battle, demolition, slithering, communications, battle field nursing assistance, surveillance, maritime intervention operations and combat underwater diving.
 
Recently, eight  Tazar officers had basic parachute training for three weeks in Agra, India.
 
The whole of the training, including transport costs from/to Seychelles and within India, is being financed by the Indian government.