Members of the Indian Army's 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade approach the boarding ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during an airborne operation with the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Ai More
A U.S. Soldier with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Indian soldier with 99th Mountain Brigade, both platoon leaders, consult with each other while clearing a village of insurgents durin More
A U.S. Soldier with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, roleplaying as an insurgent fires blank rounds as Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, neutralize their More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load a CH47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump during Yudh Abhyas More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division weaves through a ladder obstacle while competing in a Team Assault obstacle course competition, during All American Week at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 21, 2013. During A More
A parachute unfurls from its deployment bag as a paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jumps from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during training Dec. 2, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Th More
Second Lt. Zachary Rozar, a combat engineer platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, coordinates fire with teams of machine gunners on his right flank during a live-fire exercis More
Afghan policeman and paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team maintain security while teammates finish clearing a compound April 8, 2012, southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade jumps from a 34-foot parachute training tower May 3, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Indian paratroopers are visiting Fort Bragg to participate in Yud More
Indian Army Capt. Praveen Kumar, a platoon leader with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, answers questions from paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team More
A member of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade, center, prepares to flip over and search a U.S. Soldier acting the part of a slain insurgent during training with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Co More
A U.S. Soldier serving as a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team instructs Indian Army counterparts on procedures to exit a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during an airborne opera More
Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, move under the cover of a low wall during field training with the U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divi More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade rushes to a window from which roleplaying insurgents have been firing, during company-level field training with the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade More
Paratroopers Indian army with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump More
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division drops to a safety mat after climbing a tower obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course competition as part of the division's All American Week celebrat More
A paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jumps from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter as his buddy awaits his turn during training Dec. 2, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. At 1,500 feet, the p More
A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team clears a jammed M249 machine gun during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. After breaching a wire obstacle, the p More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and Afghan policeman return from a mission to find a weapons cache April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The policemen p More
An Indian army soldier, left, with the 50th Independent Para Brigade jumps from a 34-foot parachute training tower with help from U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster assigned to the 1st Brig More
Indian Army Capt. Rohit Sapre, center, with the 99th Mountain Brigade, discusses tactics for searching weapons caches with U.S. Army Sgt. Micheal Mark, right, a combat engineer with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, More
A CH-47 Chinook operated by the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade prepares to land and drop off American and Indian Soldiers as part of a complex field training exercise, May 11, 201 More
An Indian soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, pulls security from a rooftop during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, a More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade neutralize threats they find while clearing a mock insurgent compound during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Te More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a training jump More
U.S. Army Spc. Gannon Kessler, an artilleryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, climbs a tower obstacle during a Team Assault obstacle course comp More
A paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jumps from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during training Dec. 2, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. At left are parachutes from the same helicopter a More
Combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team lay down a base of fire on an enemy position during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers trained al More
Pfc. Justin Vnenchak and Capt. Joseph Driskell, paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, return from a U.S. Afghan operation to find a weapons cache with Afghan policemen April 8 More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a 34-foot training tower at the 82nd Airborne Division’s Advanced Airborne School May 3, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Indian paratroopers are More
Members of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade look on as an officer speaks with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team during field training at Fort Bragg, N.C., May More
Indian army soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division exit a CH47 Chinook helicopter while participating in Yudh Abhyas a More
Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, stack against a wall as they prepare to clear a building of insurgents during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, fires blank rounds during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, signals paratroopers aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to stand up to prepare to jump at Fort Br More
Spent shell casings pile up next to a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team who is manning an M240-B machine gun during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C More
Second Lt. Jared Dudley, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, leads fellow paratroopers back from a combined operation with Afghan policemen April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni More
Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, is welcomed to a weapons range by Capt. Cullen Lind, a company commander with the 82nd Airborn More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team demonstrate enemy prisoner of war handling techniques during training with Indian Army counterparts assigned to the 99th Mountain Brigade More
Indian soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team secure their area after being dropped off by CH-47 Chinook helicop More
U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide security as Indian soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade, clear buildings of insurgents during company-level field training at F More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, gives direction to other soldiers while clearing a mock insurgent compound during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade C More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade and U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division check their equipment before exiting a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team returns to his base in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province in front of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, April 8, 201 More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade examines an M4 carbine prior to sighting in the weapon May 4, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. He and fellow paratroopers are familiarizing themselves More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team look on as counterparts assigned to the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade demonstrate techniques for handling enemy prisoners of war dur More
Indian soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team move out toward their objective after being dropped off by CH-47 C More
An Indian soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, provides cover as another dashes around a corner during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd A More
A team of Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, man a machine gun from a rooftop as fellow paratroopers sweep a compound for roleplaying insurgents during company-level field tra More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, verify to the jumpmaster that their equipment is ready More
Nomadic Pashtun “Kuchi” pass in front of a U.S. patrol in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 8, 2012. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.
Indian Army Maj. Arvind Singh, a company commander with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, demonstrates how to shoulder an M4 carbine to his men May 4, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers are engaged in Yudh More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team look on as a member of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade, left, delivers an after action report using an improvised sand table at Fo More
From left, Indian soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles and their U.S. counterparts assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team move toward an objective during a field training More
Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, dash out of a building during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Br More
An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, clears a jam from an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during field training with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, smiles before jumping from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division More
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division kick up dust while returning to their base in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. While agriculture is the most important industry there, much of southern Ghazni More
Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, demonstrates to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how to use an M4 ca More
An Indian Army Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals to fellow Soldiers as they advance on an objective during field training with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Comb More
Indian soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade and U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, critique a recently concluded field exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 13, 2013. The tra More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, climb through the window of a mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat T More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks for visual cues that his CH-47 Chinook helicopter is approaching the drop zone so that he More
A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team shakes the hand of an Afghan policeman following the completion of a partnered operation to find a suspected weapons cache, April 8, 2012, More
Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade learn to use M4 carbines at the beginning of Yudh Abhyas, an annual training exercise with the United States Army, May 4, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C More
Members of the Indian Army's 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles bound toward an objective during field training with the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 11, 20 More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr. (center right), commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, congratulates Indian army Col. Prashant Kandpal, commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalio More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, moves down the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to exit the aircraft over Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2 More
Capt. Joseph Driskell, an infantry company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, hugs an Afghan policemen following a partnered operation to find a suspected weapons cache April 8 More
RFN Lokendra Budhathoki, an Indian Army infantryman with the 99th Mountain Brigade, sights in an M4 carbine while familiarizing himself on the American weapon May 4, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. He and fellow sold More
Indian Army Dambar Pawar, a scout with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, watches an objective during field training with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at F More
Indian Army Col. Prashant Kandpal, commander of 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Comb More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew McCornack, a jumpmaster with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division exits a CH47 Chinook helicopter at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. Also jumping were Indian army paratro More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade confirms the adjustment needed to the scope of his M4 carbine with a U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team May 4, More
U.S. Soldiers serving as snipers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team move to a new position during a field training exercise with the Indian Army's 5th Gorkha Rifles at Fort Bragg, N.C., M More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, prepares to exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade More
Soldiers with the Indian Army 50th Mountain Brigade and the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team practice adjusting a 60mm mortar used by U.S. Army infantry units May 4, 2013, at Fort Brag More
An Indian Army infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals peace with a white flag as he enters a mock village during field training with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, exits a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a partnered airborne training exercise with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Tea More
A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team demonstrates to Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari , commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade, how to hold a mortar round wh More
Indian Army Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, stack against a wall with paratroopers of the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team while clearing a mock village during f More
Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari , commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade, prepares to drop a mortar round into the tube of a 60mm mortar during field training May 4, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The sol More
Indian army soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, find a handgun while searching a role-playing insurgent leader during a field training exercise with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Com More
U.S. Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division using the Army’s new T11 parachutes, land on St. Mere Eglise drop zone during airborne training operation Yudh Abhyas at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. Also jumpin More
Sgt. Balkrishna Dave, an India-born U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, explains weapons-range safety procedures to Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mounta More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Manning, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, lands on St. Mere Eglise drop zone during an airborne training operation, Yudh Abhyas at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. I More
Indian Army RFN Anil Pawe, an infantryman with the 99th Mountain Brigade, and Spc. Henry Vaillancourt, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, partner up to fire an M249 Squad A More
Mayor Tom Rhodes welcomes Indian Army soldiers and their U.S. Army hosts to Myrtle Beach during a “cultural day” after the kickoff of Yudh Abhyas 2013, a two-week training exercise between the countries of the More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade endure inclement weather before a “stress shoot” -- vigorous exercise followed immediately by marksmanship challenges -- during the annual Yudh Abhyas trainin More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade performs “burpees” immediately prior to shooting popup targets with an M4 carbine as part of a “stress shoot” May 5, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. He and the U More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade shoots at popup targets with an M4 carbine immediately after performing vigorous calisthenics as part of a “stress shoot” May 5, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. More