‘Vajra Prahar’, Army’s Indo-US Joint Special Forces Exercise 2018, have been commenced on 19th November. At Mahajan Field Firing Range, Bikaner, the 12-day long joint military exercise between India and the United States began. During this 12-day exercise, the US Special Forces along with Indian Special Forces carry out rigorous joint training in semi-desert and rural terrain. Check out for more.
For this joint training, a contingent of the United States Pacific Commander arrived at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges on 18th November. This US contingent comprises of one officer and 10 other ranks from the Special Forces Group of the United States Pacific Command.
Need of Vajra Prahar exercise
This operation helps in enhancing the interoperability of the two armed forces as well as military to military co-operation. In this training, the contingents will be trained on different aspects including hostage rescue, building intervention, desert survival, medical aid and combat firing.
This training will conclude on 2nd December. This training is meant to deal with operations for counter-terrorism. A three-day outdoor exercise will also be undertaken by Special Forces to validate their practices.
Mahajan Field Firing Range, Bikaner
Mahajan Field Firing Range (MFFR) is the army’s oldest and biggest practice area in the desert close to Pakistan border. It has been as been developed into a model range based on army’s experiences.
