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Tuesday (07) morning saw one more phase of the mock operation in the ongoing Field Training Exercise (FTX) 'Cormorant Strike -XI' where training troops liberated the Moragahakanda Dam under the East Asian Liberation Fighters' (ELF's) siege in a striking assault recapturing it after a fierce exchange of long range fire between Commando Brigade troops and those ELF terrorists.

The eleventh joint Tri-service Mega Field Training Exercise (FTX) ‘Exercise - Cormorant Strike XI - 2021’, one of the notable annual projects, organized by the Army with the participation of foreign military representatives set out this morning (3) at Minneriya Operational Headquarters at Infantry Training Center, Minneriya after a briefing delivered by the Exercise Director, Major General Harendra Ranasinghe, together with the Deputy Ex-Director Major General Anil Samarasiri, General Officer Commanding, 65 Division and other stakeholders.