Military completes five days of joint defense exercises

By Lo Tien-pin and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source The army’s Lanyang Regional Command based in Yilan County has completed rapid deployment and cross-region reinforcement drills as part of the nation’s five-day joint defense exercises, which concluded yesterday, the military said.After receiving the order to begin the drill, the troops boarded military vehicles and headed to their designated strategic positions, the Fourth Theater Command said.Among them was a fleet of CM33 armored vehicles that drove in regular traffic through the Hsuehshan Tunnel on Freeway No. 5 to arrive at a key reinforcement position in western Taiwan, it said. The army’s Lanyang Regional Command CM33 armored vehicles approach the Hsuehshan Tunnel during rapid deployment