School Children visit IN Ships at Visakhapatnam as part of Navy Day Celebrations
As part of Navy Day celebrations, visit to Indian Navy Ships by students of all Schools in Visakhapatnam has been scheduled on 22 Oct and 23 Oct 19. Despite inclement weather, the event had an overwhelming response from over 1750 students from 33 schools, who visited INS Ranvir, a destroyer and INS Karmuk, a missile corvette. The students were taken on a guided tour of the ships and were briefed about the diverse weapons and equipment fitted onboard. The young visitors had the opportunity to interact with Men in White and experienced life in the Navy from close quarters. The students were also explained on various entry schemes to take up career in the Armed Forces in general and the Indian Navy in particular during the visit.