Mumbai, April 7 -- A tri-services all-women expedition has been flagged off from Mumbai for Seychelles which comprises of a team of 11 officers from the three services.

Speaking to mediapesos, Colonel Venu Raman shared that the proposal was mooted in 2022, and initially had 42 volunteers who were trained for over two years and pruned down to 11 officers who underwent training in all classes of boats across the western coast from Porbandar, Kochi, to Goa, amongst others.

"Seychelles expedition will be the first international exposure which will prepare them for long-distance training without stop as they are going to sail continously for 20-25 days", he said.

"It will teach them formalities of foreign ports", he added.

He made a signfi...