Even though the sword has been drawn between India and America regarding the tariff war, but in the near future challenges, the armies of the two countries may need military cooperation simultaneously beyond their limits. With this motto, the annual military exercise ‘War exercise 2025’ (1-14 September) has started in Alaska with India and America forces.
On Tuesday (US time), the Constituent Commander of the two countries addressed the first day during the exercise of India and America forces at the Fort Vener Military Base of Alaska. Commander of the US Army’s First (01) Infantry Briget Combat Team (Artic), Colonel Christopher Broley welcomed the Indian military contingent, saying “Together, we enhance our skills for peace, human reaction and war campaigns. Because we know that we will need to support the borders for future challenges.”
Apart from the conflict with India over the media over 50 percent tariff and operation vermilion imposed against India President Donald Trump, Colonel Broley said that “When our (India and American) soldiers take training shoulder to shoulder, we show the world that our partnership is strong, permanent and ready to face any challenge.”
This year, in the ‘war exercise’, around 750 soldiers of America’s 11th Airborne Division (under Indo Pacific Command) are participating about 750 soldiers of three different battalions (1 battalion, 5 Infantry Regiment Bobcats and 1 Infantry Brigade Combat Team Artic). 450 soldiers of the Madras Regiment of the Indian Army are participating in this year’s war-existence version. This is the 18th edition of shared military exercise between the two countries.
Speaking at the inauguration of the war exercise, the Indian party commander, Brigadier Rajiv Sahara (65th Infantry Brigade), stated the partnership with the US as valuable and said that such military exercises create an ideal environment to learn from concepts, refined processes and most important, each other.
This exercise, one year in India and one year America. Last year, this exercise was held at Mahajan Field Firing Range (Bikaner) of Rajasthan. It is noteworthy that the shared military exercise of both countries is known as war exercises (ie preparations for war).
For the US, Alaska provides strategically important training sites due to its proximity to the major air and sea corridors of the Arctic and Indo-Pacific region. For Indian soldiers, it provides a place of training in cold weather with experienced American soldiers in Arctic Campaign.
On the beginning of war exercise, the US Army issued an official statement saying that for the next two weeks, soldiers of the Army of the two countries will conduct shared training to increase intermediate (intermediate), readyness and cooperation. In 2004, the war practice started with the Counter Insurgency Exercise, but today it has turned into a brigade-level command post and field training exercise, aimed at fighting traditional, non-internal and hybrid hazards as well as to be ready for disaster relief and human assistance. At the same time, the US-Pacific command of America is based on strengthening the regional pattern in keeping the Indo-Pacific Ocean region free and open.
According to the US Army, this time exercise, Artlery (Cannon) Live Fire Exercise, Academic Exchange, Combined Tectical Operations and Cultural Programs will be organized. The exercise supports the five main priorities of the US Army Pacific region: campaign, change, firepower, partnership and people. It also shows a range of comprehensive US-India major defense partnerships, including a series of joint exercises, defense trade initiatives and personnel exchanges aimed at enhancing joint capabilities.