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The 16th variation of the India-U.S. associated peculiar forces workout ‘Vajra Prahar’ began astatine the Special Forces Training School successful Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh, connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026), adjacent arsenic the seventh India-Japan associated subject workout ‘Dharma Guardian’ got underway successful Uttarakhand, with some programmes underscoring India’s expanding defence engagements with strategical partners.
Vajra Prahar, being held from February 24 to March 16, brings unneurotic 45 unit from the Indian Army’s Special Forces, and 12 troops from the U.S. Army’s Green Berets, according to the Union Ministry of Defence. The erstwhile variation was conducted astatine the Orchard Combat Training Centre successful Idaho, the U.S., successful November 2024. The bilateral drill aims to summation interoperability, jointness, and speech of peculiar operations tactics, with a absorption connected operations successful mountainous terrains.
Training activities volition see intensive carnal conditioning, associated ngo planning, and the execution of tactical drills. Troops from some sides volition speech champion practices and operational experiences successful peculiar operations, strengthening combined capabilities for analyzable missions, the Ministry said.
Meanwhile, the Dharma Guardian workout by the Indian Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is underway astatine the Foreign Training Node successful Chaubattia, Uttarakhand, from February 24 to March 9. The workout involves 120 unit from each side, with Japan represented by troops from the 32nd Infantry Regiment, and India represented by the Ladakh Scouts.
Held alternately successful India and Japan, Dharma Guardian enhances associated operational capabilities successful a semi-urban environment. The two-week engagement volition centre connected carnal endurance, coordinated planning, and synchronised tactical drills, incorporating modern exertion and modern operational practices.
Both exercises bespeak deepening subject practice and increasing strategical convergence betwixt India and its cardinal partners successful the Indo-Pacific.
