Army to carry out joint military exercise with US

The Indian Army will carry out a joint military exercise with the US army at the Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, from September 14 to 17 as part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation.

The exercise titled as ''Yudh Abhyas'' will be one of the largest joint running military training and defence cooperation between the two countries, says Army PRO Colonel Aman Anand. This is the 13th edition of the joint exercise hosted alternately between the two countries.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas will provide an opportunity to the armed forces of both countries to train in an integrated manner at Battalion level with joint planning at Brigade level.

Multiple scenarios will be rehearsed during the joint exercise with a view to understand each-other's organisational structure and battle procedures which would result in a higher degree of jointmanship to further facilitate interoperability between the armed forces of both countries to meet any unforeseen contingency across the globe.

Giving details of the exercise, the colonel said both armies will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed operations for neutralisation of threats of varied nature.

In the end, a joint exercise will be undertaken by both countries in an operational setting under a UN mandate.

Experts from both sides will also hold expert academic and military discussions to share each other’s experiences on varied topics for mutual benefit.