Overview
- An opening ceremony on Sept. 2 at Fort Wainwright launched combined training scheduled for Sept. 1–14 across Fort Wainwright, the Yukon Training Area, and the Donnelly Training Area.
- U.S. participants center on the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment “Bobcats” of the 11th Airborne Division, while India fields the 65th Infantry Brigade with a battalion from the Madras Regiment.
- Exercise objectives focus on improving brigade and battalion staff coordination, integrating operational enablers, and refining air-to-ground integration.
- Planned events include heliborne operations, mountain and cold‑weather warfare, UAS and counter‑UAS training, artillery live fire, casualty evacuation, and joint tactical drills.
- The U.S. Army identifies this as the 18th iteration and notes the series alternates annually with the next edition set for India, while News18 reports the drills take place as trade tensions over U.S. tariffs persist.