Overview

• The exercise kicked off on June 19 at Camp Larzac in southern France and will run until July 1.
• The Indian Army has committed a 90-person contingent led by Colonel HV Kalia, primarily drawn from the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles battalion.
• The French Army contingent of 90 troops, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Brunet, is represented by the 13th Foreign Legion Half-Brigade.
• Training will focus on joint tactical drills and sub-conventional operations in semi-urban terrain under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
• The exercise aims to boost interoperability, operational coordination and mutual trust as part of a growing Indo-French defence partnership.