Out bound training

The Journey begins here!!!


This was an amazing training program that I have ever participated. It was at Naval and Maritime Academy shortly named as NMA. NMA plays the most prominent role by imparting professional training for both Officers and Senior / Junior ratings in Sri Lanka Navy (SLN). The Academy is situated within the picturesque Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee. Therefore, it was quite a long journey and we got the chance to spend two days there.

Day 1

We reached the camp there around 10 a.m. and after welcoming us we were offered a delicious lunch. After the lunch, we were divided into groups, "Alpha", "Bravo", "Delta" and "Charlie".



They have planned several activities for us. First one was to go through a small rectangle made with ropes. But the catch is if we touch the rope then we die and any one holding you at that time also dies. We had to have a good strategic plan as to how to go through the rectangle and everyone had different ideas. It is important that we listen to others and finally picking up the best ideas and make a plan. 

The next activity was to roll a small ball through set of pipes without dropping it to the ground. We also could not touch the next person's pipe before he got the ball. Finally, our team was able to win that game, because all our team members worked together cooperatively. So, though it was tough we managed to win it.

As the next activity, we had to fill water to a cylinder having holes everywhere and the catch was that we could only use our body parts to cover the cylinder. Even filling it with water had to be done using our hands and mouth. The activity was a tough one. So, due to lack of co-ordination we were failed in this.

The next activity was to carry out some wooden logs which were given to us not using our hands but using our tummies! We were also asked to keep our hands on the head and throughout the journey, for any reason we were not allowed to take our hands off, if we did so we had to start the game again from the very beginning. We won this activity. We learned that we need to have a good focus without letting it get distracted by outer disturbances. 

Our next task was to throw a volleyball over the net so that one person was there on the other side to catch it and four people had to throw the ball to him using a rug. We failed in this activity as we didn’t have a proper strategy from beginning.

The last activity was a tug of war. Everyone had so much fun during this activity.



We freshened up in our hostels after all these activities, we had a talent show and a campfire at the night. It was so much fun and still we laugh looking at the hidden talents we recorded at that night.










Day 2

On the next day morning after having a delicious breakfast, we were taken to the forest for a compass march. We were taught on how to use a compass to find your way if you get lost in the forest. It was an exciting as well as quite exhaustive journey! After walking some distance, we met a person who had got injured himself by falling down from a tree. There our navy officers explained to us on what we should do on such a situation, how to give basic first aid and also emphasized that how much strategic thinking is important in such a situation.


After quite a long walk in the forest, we finally managed to come to the beach.
Next, we went to see the Maritime and Naval Museum where we saw some ruins and leftovers from the war and we were given the chance to see some of the technologies that the navy has.



After all we set to leave the camp and go back to the university. We didn’t go with empty handed. We left there with a bunch of new memories to last our lifetime. Thanks to all the navy officers who has put a lot of effort on us, we learned so much in these two days. I will never ever forget the things I got in this journey.

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