A coalition color guard marches off the 82nd Airborne Division parade field to conclude the opening ceremony of Yudh Abhyas, the annual training event between the U.S. and Indian armies at Fort Bragg, N.C., May More
U.S. Army Maj. Steven Wallace, a cavalry officer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, stands before a coalition color guard of American paratroopers and Indian soldiers with the 99th Mount More
First Lt. Kunal D. Desai, a fire support officer in the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, talks to an officer from the Indian army, May 5, 2013, during Yudh Abhyas, a bilateral annual training e More
Indian Army Capt. Praveen Kumar, a platoon leader with the 99th Mountain Brigade, explains to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Kemp, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, More
Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with the 99th Mountain Brigade, reviews the route for a training patrol with U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alexander Stodola, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Di More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, cavalry squadron commander with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, leads the final manifest call for an airborne training operation with his paratroopers of More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, describes a scale model of a training area to Indian army Brig. Gen. Jagdish More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade and U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, stage outside of a mock insurgent compound during company-level f More
U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the Indian army’s 50th Independent Parachute Brigade exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter above the St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone at Fort Bragg More
Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Ghurak Regiment of the Indian army take part in the opening ceremonies for exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 at Chaubattia, More
U.S. Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and the Indian army’s 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles receive a briefing during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 Sept. 20 at Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Indi More
A U.S. Soldier from C Troop 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment rappels down a rock climbing course as a soldier from the Indian army’s 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles observes during exercise Yudh Abhyas, Sept More
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Carrie McGrann, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division aviation officer from Tacoma, Wash., stands in front of Nainital Lake in Nainital, India, during a cultural day Se More
Pfc. Christian Rombough, a cavalry scout with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, climbs a ladder while completing an obstacle course during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 on Ranikhet Cantonment, Utterakhand, India, S More
U.S. Spc. Alfred Washington, a cavalry scout with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and his Indian army counterpart provide security for their fellow Soldiers during a patrol through the dense forests of the More
Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Ghurak Regiment of the Indian army present their national colors during the closing ceremonies for exercise Yudh More
Soldiers with 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade get a more in-depth look at what goes on behind the scenes for forensic evidence processing at a mobile forensic processing lab on Joi More
Members of 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team (left) converse with their Indian counterparts July 18, 2016, at the Chaubatia Military Station in Ranikhet, India, about the details of the upcoming Yudh Abhyas exerc More
Col. David Foley, commander of 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and his Indian counterpart, watch as soldiers from their units march across a parade field Sept. 15, 2016, at Chaubattia, India. This was the open More
Indian and U.S. soldiers watch a cordon and search demonstration held Sept. 16, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. The U.S. Soldiers were from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigad More
U.S. soldiers (left) with 5-20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Indian soldiers with 12 Madras hold their respective country’s national flags during the Yudh Abhyas 2016 closing ceremon More
Soldiers with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment stand with their Indian Army partners from the 2/11 Gurhka Rifles Brigade on the parade field during the opening ceremony of exercise Yudh Abhyas at Joint Bas More
A coalition color guard marches off the 82nd Airborne Division parade ground to conclude the opening ceremony of Yudh Abhyas, the annual training event between the U.S. and Indian armies, May 3, 2013, at Fort B 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
Members of the Indian Army's 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles demonstrate platoon-level ambush techniques for U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., M More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, move through the forests of western Fort Bragg during a training exercise with paratroopers of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry More
U.S. Army Spc. Cody Olivier, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, applies camouflage paint to his face prior to an airborne training operation, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N More
An Indian army soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, crawls into position while assaulting an insurgent compound during a training exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigad More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, signals to soldiers to advance as they surround a mock village during field training with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, removes his reserve parachute after landing on the St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone during a jump with U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Brigad More
U.S. Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment learn about the 5.56 mm Insas Light Machine Gun during a weapons exchange as part of exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 Sept. 19 at Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, I More
A soldier from the Indian army describes how the 30mm automatic grenade launcher operates to Lt. Col. James Hayes, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, commander, during a weapons exchange as part of exercise Yu More
U.S. Lt. Dan Mayer, a platoon leader with B Troop 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, stands with his Indian army counterpart as they prepare to traverse a rock climbing course as part of exercise Yudh Abhyas 1 More
Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division take a break from shopping at the Tibetan Market in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, during a cultural day Sept. 21. Soldiers from 1/25 SBCT an More
Pfc. Christian Rombough, a cavalry scout with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, maneuvers through a tunnel while completing an obstacle course during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 on Ranikhet Cantonment, Utterakhan More
U.S. Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division take part in a culminating field training exercise in the dense forests of the Himalayas on Ranikhe More
Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Ghurak Regiment of the Indian army take part in the closing ceremonies for exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 at Chaubattia, More
Capt. Rebecca Hsia, S3 operations officer with 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, uses her cellphone and a pair of amber-colored goggles to capture a photo of latent prints on a clea More
An Indian soldier from 6th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment follows a 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Soldier to infiltrate the second story while they conduct company movement procedures during the exercise More
An Indian soldier from 12 Madras stands steady during the Yudh Abhyas 2016 opening ceremony Sept. 15, 2016, at Chaubattia, India. Yudh Abhyas is a bilateral training exercise geared toward enhancing cooperation More
U.S. soldiers (left) with 5-20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Indian soldiers with 12 Madras march onto a parade field during the Yudh Abhyas 2016 closing ceremony Sept. 27, 2016, at More
The color guard from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and Indian Army partners from the 2/11 Gurhka Rifles Brigade stand on the parade field during the opening ceremony of exercise Yudh Abhyas at Joint Bas More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, welcomes Maj. Gen. William G. Beard, deputy commanding general for United States Army Reserve, United States Army Pacific More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, begin a demonstration of a platoon-level ambush to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborn More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, execute an ambush for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, May 7, 2013, at F More
A member of the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade uses binoculars to scan the environment during a training mission with U.S. Soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 8, 2013. The activity was part of exercise Yudh More
Paratroopers with the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team rehearse actions they may need to perform in the air prior to an airborne tra More
An Indian army soldier, left, with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, fires blank training rounds at a target along with two U.S. paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, More
Insurgents played by U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, stand guard in a mock compound during company-level field training with the Indian army’s 50th Independent Par More
U.S. Army Pfc. Habeeb H. Almashala, an infantryman with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Indian army Spc. Roop Kishor, a paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, walk awa More
Lt. Col. Hayes, 5th Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division commander, stands with his counterpart after the opening ceremony for exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 at Chau More
Staff Sgt. Randall Galima, from Garland, Texas, and Staff Sgt. Jesus Gutierrez from Lipan, Texas, both platoon sergeants with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, learn how to operate an 81mm mortar during a wea More
U.S. Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and soldiers with the Indian Army’s 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles perform physical fitness togeth More
Lt. J.R. Abad, a medical officer with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25ht Infantry Division and a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, shows his approval of aloo tikki (potato pancake), a local street food in Nainital More
Pfc. Zachary Buckalew, a mortar man with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, crosses a rope bridge while completing an obstacle course during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 on Ranikhet Cantonment, Utterakhand, India, More
A laser highlights latent prints on a piece of tape when seen through amber goggles during a tour of the mobile forensic lab temporarily at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Sept. 18, 2015. The lab was brought to JBLM More
Indian soldiers from 6th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment pull security before entering a room while conducting company movement procedures with 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division during the exercise Yudh Abhya More
An Indian soldier with 12 Madras looks down the sight of his in a cordon and search training demonstration held Sept. 16, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. This was during Yudh Abhyas 2016, a bilater More
An Indian soldier looks down the sight of a sniper rifle during a weapons demonstration held Sept. 15, 2016, at Chaubattia, India. The weapons demonstration was part of Yudh Abhyas, a bilateral training exercis More
An Indian Army band plays bagpipes during the Yudh Abhyas 2016 closing ceremony Sept. 27, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. Yudh Abhyas is a bilateral training exercise geared toward enhancing cooper More
Maj. Gen. Willard Burleson, Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division, and Indian Army Brigadier U.K. Ojha, 2/11 Gurkha Rifles, salute the colors during the 2017 Yudh Abhyas Opening Ceremony at Joint Base Lewis More
Soldiers from the Indian Army 2/11 Gorkha Rifles and a U.S. Soldiers with 2-3 Infantry, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, are scanning their sectors of fire during a training scenario after being transported by More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, welcomes Indian army troops with the 99th Mountain Brigade, the 50th Independent Para Brigade, and supporting elements to More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, search opposing forces for weapons and intelligence during an ambush demonstration for paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1 More
An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals to fellow soldiers during an ambush demonstration to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, More
A U.S. Soldier, center, a combat engineer with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division demonstrates how U.S. Soldiers search for explosive devices during a bilateral training exercise with members o More
Paratroopers with the Indian Army’s 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team practice parachute landing falls prior to an airborne training operation, M More
Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, stack against a wall during a training exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort More
An Indian army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade, advances through a forest toward a mock insurgent compound during field training with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Tea More
Indian army Sgt. Bajrang Lal Shekhawat, a paratrooper with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade prepares to pack his parachute after landing on the St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. More
U.S. Staff Sgt. Martin Matteson, a team leader with C Troop, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, from Youngstown, Ohio, explains how an M4 semi-automatic rifle during a weapons exchange at Ranikhet Cantonment, More
U.S. Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25ht Infantry Division and their Indian Army counterparts stand in front of the Pt. G.B. Pant High-Altitude zoo in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, during a cult More
U.S. Spc. Michael Rouillard, a cavalry scout with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and a native of Kennebunk, Maine, takes aim at a target during a jungle live-fire exercise during Yudh Abhyas 14, a peacekeep More
Maj. Derrick Swim, executive officer for 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, tries out the virtual reality (VR) world of the mobile forensic lab with a smartphone and cardboard VR vie More
Indian Pvt. Kishan Singh from 6th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment pulls security while conducting company movement procedures with 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division during the exercise Yudh Abhyas 15 culminat More
An Indian soldier with 12 Madras showcases an Indian grenade launcher to a 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldier Sept. 15, 2016, at Chaubattia, India. The weapons demonstration was part of Yudh Abhyas, a bila More
An Indian and U.S. soldier converse about cordon and search techniques Sept. 16, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. The U.S. Soldier was from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade More
Indian soldiers with 12 Madras pull security in a house clearing training scenario Sept. 19, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. This was part of Yudh Abhyas 2016, a bilateral training exercise geared More
Maj. Gen. Willard Burleson, Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division, emphasizes the importance of working together with allies while addressing soldiers with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and Indian A More
Soldiers from the Indian Army 2/11 Gorkha Rifles and a U.S. Soldier with 2-3 Infantry, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, jump over a fence in search of enemy combatants during a training scenario Sept. 25, at th More
Capt. Kent Feda, brigade air element officer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, briefs Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, and U.S. Army Col. Tre More
Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, move into position while demonstrating a platoon-level ambush to paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team More
Indian army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade watch a machine gunner with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team return fire from opposing forces during training May 8, 2013, at F More
Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with the 99th Mountain Brigade, explains how his soldiers deal with unexploded munitions to Sgt. Micheal Mark, a U.S. Army combat engineer with the 82nd Air More
Paratroopers with the Indian Army’s 50th Independent Para Brigade are issued parachutes for an airborne training operation with the U.S. Army's, 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, a More
An Indian soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, searches a neutralized insurgent while another Gurkha covers him during a training exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigad More
Indian army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade scale the walls of a mock insurgent compound during a company-level field exercise with U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd More
Indian and U.S. Army paratroopers “buddy rig” into parachute harnesses for a jump from CH-47 Chinook helicopters at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 15, 2013. The paratroopers were assigned to the Indian army's 50th Indep More
Staff Sgt. Brianna Warren, a team leader with 5-1 CAV who calls Racine, Wisc. home, crosses the two-rope bridge on a confidence course during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14.
A small sample of an unidentified inert powder is used to show how a sample of explosive materials could be used to help identify what explosives were used and their forensic values during a tour of a mobile fo More
Indian soldiers from the 6th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment and 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Soldiers salute for both national anthems during the exercise Yudh Abhyas 15 closing ceremony at Joint Base L More
A U.S. and Indian soldier converse about the similarities their respective militaries have during a training demonstration held Sept. 16, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. The U.S. Soldier was from 5 More
A U.S. Soldier with 5-20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade, moves through an improvised explosive device detection course Sept. 17, 2016, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. This was part of Yudh Abhy More
Indian Army Brigadier U.K. Ojha, 2/11 Gurkha Rifles Brigade, addresses soldiers with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and their Indian Army partners during the 2017 Yudh Abhyas Opening Ceremony at Joint Ba More