Alaska Strykers Host Joint Training Exercise With Indian Soldiers

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, September 10 –U.S. Army Alaska will host a combined (international) training exercise with the Indian Army at Fort Wainwright beginning today through September 24.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2007 will include soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry division, based at Ft. Wainwright, and soldiers from the Indian Army.

Approximately 650 Stryker soldiers will train with about 100 soldiers from India in a variety of military exercises at the Army’s Donnelly Training area, near Fort Greely. Most of the training exercise will involve the unit’s Stryker vehicles and will primarily focus on counterinsurgency/anti-terrorism training.

This training exercise is an example of the ongoing mission of U.S. Army Alaska to strategically work with the international community to encourage cooperation across borders in combating the Global War on Terror.

Questions concerning this military exercise should be referred to Capt. Chris Hyde at 384-6328.