According to the newest Garowe Online article about the newly-trained 220 coast guards.
The first batch of Puntland marines completed training last week. When complete, the 1,050-strong anti-piracy force will be equipped with 120 trucks, speedboats and patrol aircraft, according to an Associated Press report.
I'm going by the estimated completion date. The first batch of soldiers were 170 men, less than a week later we graduated 220 more. So far we have just under 400 men in uniform waiting in Qaw. Another 700 are due to create the 1,050 final number. We trained around 400 men in less than a week, another 700 would take around 2 weeks and even with delays it would be no more than a month. Thus we have come to the conclusion that they will be assigned vehicles during that time, a time in which a huge photo op by our friends at Horseed, SBC, Raxanreeb & Dunida will reveal the awe-inspiring fresh new force of Maamul Goboleedka Buunlaayn ee Dalka Soomaaliyeed.
