The Indian Contingent completed their Hand Over / Take Over in a ceremony in Camp Ziouani on the 21 August 2016 from Lt Col Vivek Choudhary to Lt Col Vinay Kumar Gautam supervised by the DFC Brig Gen Mauri Tapani Koskela. This Unit rotation involves a period of intense planning, coordination, discussion, induction and knowledge transfer in order to ensure the new arrivals are ready for their UNDOF challenge.

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