The work – up exercise was carried out to assess the operational readiness, seaworthiness, crew proficiency and overall performance of the platforms before deployment for operations.

Accordingly, the Ships were assessed in Basic operational sea training (BOST) safety Operational sea training (SOST) and consolidated operations sea training (COST). The work-up exercise included a firing test of all weapons onboard each ship.

At the end of the Exercises, the Work-up Observers gave a debrief to the FOC and his Staff at the Command Conference room.