Accra, March 4, GNA - The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the United States Marine Corp (USMC), started a joint African Partnership Station (APS) 2011 training programme at the Jungle Warfare School, Akim-Achiase from March 3- March 19.

The APS 2011 training programme is aimed at building the skills, expertise, and capacities of the participating soldiers. A statement issued in Accra on Thursday by Lieutenant Commander A La-Anyane of the Public Affairs Directorate of the GAF, said the training would focus on lectures, exercises and range work. It said: 93Already, a Navel exercise in which a detachment of the Ghana Navy participated in has taken place in Togo. The coming exercise is therefore the land engagement."

The APS is an international security co-operation initiative between the GAF and the USMC.