Indian soldiers, U.S. paratroopers compare patrolling tactics

Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with the 99th Mountain Brigade, reviews the route for a training patrol with U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alexander Stodola, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 8,... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade's 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, move through the forests of western Fort Bragg during a training exercise with paratroopers of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, which is the reconnaissance el... ... READ MORE

A soldier with the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade uses binoculars to look ahead of a patrol during a training mission with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers and pa... ... READ MORE

A U.S. Army combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team demonstrates how American soldiers search for explosive devices during a bilateral training exercise with Indian Army soldiers of the 99th Mountain Brigade May 8, 2... ... READ MORE

Indian Army Maj. Prashant Mishra, a company commander with the 99th Mountain Brigade, explains how his soldiers deal with unexploded munitions to Sgt. Micheal Mark, a U.S. Army combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team... ... READ MORE

A soldier with the Indian Army's 99th Mountain Brigade closes with opposing forces during a training mission with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers and paratroopers wer... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade watch a machine gunner with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team return fire from opposing forces during training May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In its ninth year, the ... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade demonstrate to U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team how they detain prisoners May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In its ninth year, the Yudh Abhyas bilater... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade prepared to attack role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were par... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade prepared to attack role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were par... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade fires at role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were participati... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade rushes to flank role-playing insurgents during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were part... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade approaches a role-playing insurgent "killed" during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade prepares to flip over and search a role-playing insurgent "killed" during bilateral training with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N... ... READ MORE

Indian Army Capt. Rohit Sapre, a soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade, discusses tactics for searching weapons caches with U.S. Army Sgt. Micheal Mark, a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 8, 2013, at Fort... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team evaluate a recently concluded simulated combat patrol May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers were partici... ... READ MORE

Officers with the Indian Army 99th Mountain Brigade and U.S Army 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team evaluate a recently concluded simulated combat patrol at a scale model of the patrol area May 8, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The soldiers... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team demonstrate their enemy prisoner-of-war handling techniques to Indian Army soldiers of the 99th Mountain Brigade during partnered field training May 8, 2013, at Fort Bra... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers of the 99th Mountain Brigade demonstrate their enemy prisoner-of-war handling techniques to U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team during partnered field training May 8, 2013, at Fort Bra... ... READ MORE