Times of Islamabad

India US joint military training exercise kicks off

India US joint military training exercise kicks off

ISLAMABAD – The annual Indo-US joint military training exercise – VajraPrahar – started from Monday onwards in the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges.

A contingent of one officer and ten other ranks from the Special ForcesGroup of the United States Pacific Command arrived at Mahajan Field FiringRanges on 18 November 2018 for undertaking Joint training with the IndianSpecial Forces.

The American Special Forces will carry out 12 days rigorous joint trainingin semi desert and rural terrain with an aim to enhance the interoperability of the two armed forces and further the military to militaryco-operation.

The contingents will train on aspects such as hostage rescue, buildingintervention, desert survival, medical aid and combat firing. At the end ofthe joint training, the Special Forces will undertake a three days outdoorexercise to validate their best practices.