Xinhua News Agency, Beirut, July 15 (Huang Shifeng) China's 18th batch of peacekeeping medical teams to Lebanon participated in the "Porcupine" defense emergency exercise held in the eastern theater of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the 14th. The exercise further tested and improved The ability of Chinese peacekeepers to respond to emergencies.
In the afternoon of the same day, an alarm sounded over the camp of the Chinese peacekeeping medical unit, followed by drill orders in Chinese, English, Spanish and other languages. Chinese officers and soldiers immediately moved from their respective posts to the state of war. Subsequently, with the order of the combat readiness officer, the officers and men quickly ran to the tactical bunker area.
The inspection, inspection, and verification teams dispatched by the exercise headquarters inspected the personnel structure, weaponry, medical equipment, and combat supplies in the two tactical bunkers of the Chinese peacekeeping medical unit one by one, and used the communication facilities inside the bunker to communicate with the superiors.
It is reported that such defense emergency exercises are conducted quarterly. In the past, such exercises were mainly carried out during breaks, and the alert level was red, and this exercise was immediately transferred from the working state to the war state, and the alert level was black, the highest level.
Li Ruzhen, the leader of China's 18th batch of peacekeeping medical teams in Lebanon, said that participating in such exercises close to actual combat has tested and improved the ability of Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers to deal with emergencies.