PHOTOS: Indian Army's Yudh Abhyas @Fort Bragg

Yudh Abhyas, the annual bilateral soldier training between India and the United States, is on at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina.

Yudh Abhyas literally means "training for war" in Hindi. In military language, it is a theater security cooperation exercise between the Indian Army and United States Army Pacific.

Practically speaking, it is an open exchange of knowledge and operating procedures between key regional partners -- the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy -- through field and command post exercises.

Additionally, the training includes expert academic exchanges on logistics, engineering, information operations and CRBNE (chemical, radiological, biological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives).

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An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade examines an M4 carbine prior to sighting in the weapon

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An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade shoots at popup targets with an M4 carbine immediately after performing vigorous calisthenics as part of a 'stress shoot'

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A US Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team demonstrates to Indian Army Brig Gen Jagdish Chaudhari, commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade, how to hold a mortar round when inserting into a mortar tube during field training

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Indian Army RFN Anil Pawe, an infantryman with the 99th Mountain Brigade, and Spc Henry Vaillancourt, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, partner up to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

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Sgt 1st Class Garrett Williams, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, demonstrates to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how to use an M4 carbine

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Sgt Balkrishna Dave, an India-born US Army paratrooper assigned to the John F Kennedy Special Warfare Centre and School, explains weapons-range safety procedures to Indian Army soldiers with the 99th Mountain Brigade before they fire American machine guns

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Anil Pawe, an Indian Army infantryman with the 99th Mountain Brigade, and Spc. Henry Vaillancourt, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, partner up to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

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An Indian Army soldier with the 99th Mountain Brigade performs "burpees" immediately prior to shooting popup targets with an M4 carbine as part of a "stress shoot"

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Indian Army Brig. Gen. Jagdish Chaudhari, commander of the 99th Mountain Brigade, prepares to drop a mortar round into the tube of a 60mm mortar during field training

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Lokendra Budhathoki, an Indian Army infantryman with the 99th Mountain Brigade, sights in an M4 carbine while familiarizing himself on the American weapon

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Indian Army Major Arvind Singh, a company commander with the 50th Independent Para Brigade, demonstrates how to shoulder an M4 carbine to his men

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An Indian Army paratrooper with the 50th Independent Para Brigade exits a 34-foot training tower at the 82nd Airborne Division's Advanced Airborne School

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US Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrate to Indian Army paratroopers with the 50th Independent Para Brigade how the T10D parachute opens

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Mayor Tom Rhodes welcomes Indian Army soldiers and their US Army hosts to Myrtle Beach during a "cultural day" after the kickoff of Yudh Abhyas 2013

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