US, BD hold joint exercise

Published July 4, 2004

DHAKA, July 3: A joint combat engineering exercise between the US Marine Force and the Bangladesh Army's corps of engineers began at Natore on Saturday.

This exercise will end on July 17, said a press release.

Seven US marines and 46 Bangladeshis are participating in the exercise

It is the second time that US marines are participating in such exercises in Bangladesh. The first exercise was held in April last year at the same cantonment.

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