Kochi: A three-day joint exercise between the National Security Guards (NSG) Chennai Hub and marine commandoes of the Indian Navy (Marcos) concluded at naval base, Kochi today.

Conducted under the aegis of the Southern Naval Command, the exercise was aimed at providing a platform for achieving interoperability and cohesion during joint operations.

According to SNC officials, the team from NSG consisting of two officers, four JCOs and 30 commandoes and the MARCOS team with 20 members including two officers undertook counter terrorist exercises including hostage rescue. This is the first time that such an exercise has been conducted at Kochi.

"The exercise will be used to fine tune the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be employed during real time joint special forces operations in case of any unforeseen contingencies in future," a Navy official said.