Airborne jump, air assault part of Yudh Abhyas training

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, a cavalry squadron commander with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, leads the final manifest call for an airborne training operation with his paratroopers of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, ... ... READ MORE

Spc. Cody Olivier, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, applies camouflage paint to his face prior to an airborne training operation May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The jump was part of Yudh Abhyas, annual train... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers with the Indian Army's 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team practice parachute landing falls prior to an airborne training operation May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The jump ... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers with the Indian Army's 50th Independent Para Brigade are issued parachutes for an airborne training operation with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Indian paratroopers... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade hands his static line to a jumpmaster with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team in a "mock door" aircraft simulator May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The pa... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Garrett Williams, a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, explains how to adjust and don a T10D parachute prior to a training jump with paratroopers of the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Bri... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Sheets, an infantry squad leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, gets help donning a parachute from an Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade for an airborne training opera... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade gets his parachute inspected by a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team prior to an airborne operation that is part of a complex field training exercise ... ... READ MORE

Indian Army Maj. Arvind Singh, a paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, has his parachute inspected by a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team prior to an airborne operation that is part of a complex field ... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Phillip Sounia, commander of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, and Indian Army Maj. Arvind Singh, a company commander with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, lead Indian and American paratroopers toward an aircraft that will be ... ... READ MORE

Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia, the top operations officer of the Indian Army, gets a tour of a C17 Globemaster aircraft from Col. Trevor Bredenkamp, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Pope Army Airfield, Fort ... ... READ MORE

Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade approach the boarding ramp of a C17 Globemaster aircraft for an airborne operation with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. ... ... READ MORE

A jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, explains to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how to exit from a C17 Globemaster aircraft prior to an airborne training jump May 11, 2013, at Fort B... ... READ MORE

A CH47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter operated by the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's Combat Aviation Brigade prepares to land and drop off American and Indian soldiers as part of a complex field training exercise May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C.... ... READ MORE

Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team exit a CH47 Chinook helicopter during a field training exercise May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercis... ... READ MORE

Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team secure their area after being dropped off by CH47 Chinook helicopters for a field training exericse May 11, 20... ... READ MORE

Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team move out toward their objective after being dropped off by CH47 Chinook helicopters for a field training exeri... ... READ MORE

Indian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, and U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team move out toward their objective after being dropped off by CH47 Chinook helicopters for a field training exeri... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals to fellow soldiers as they advanced on an objective during field training with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. T... ... READ MORE

Indian Army HAV Dambar Pawar, a scout with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, overwatches an objective during field training with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is part ... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army scout snipers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team shift their position during a field training exercise with the Indian Army's 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is part o... ... READ MORE

An Indian Army infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, signals peace with a white flag as he enters a mock village during field training with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, bound toward an objective during field training with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is part of bilateral ann... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, stack against a wall with paratroopers of the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team while clearing a mock village during field training May 11, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C... ... READ MORE

Indian Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, find a handgun while searching a roleplaying insurgent leader during a field training exercise with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team May 11, 2013, at Fort Brag... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers with the Indian Army 50th Independent Para Brigade and the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team rehearse actions they may need to perform in the air prior to an airborne training operation May 11, 2013, at Fort Brag... ... READ MORE