📌 India and the US are set to conduct the fourth edition of their tri-service exercise,
‘Tiger Triumph’, in the Bay of Bengal.
📌📌 The exercise focuses on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
operations, strengthening bilateral interoperability.
🔹🔹About Exercise Tiger Triumph
✔ Type: India-U.S. Tri-Service HADR Exercise
✔ Objective: Enhancing cooperation in HADR missions and formulating Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) for a Combined Coordination Centre (CCC).
✔ Participants: Indian Army, Navy, Air Force & U.S. Armed Forces
🔹🔹Indian Participation 🇮🇮🇮🇮
✔ Indian Navy:
• Ships: INS Jalashwa, Gharial, Mumbai, and Shakti
• Aircraft: P-8I Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
• Helicopters & landing crafts
✔ Indian Army:
• Troops from 91 Infantry Brigade & 12 Mechanical Infantry Battalion✔
Indian Air Force:
• C-130 Aircraft & Mi-17 Helicopters
• Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT)
🔹🔹US Participation 🇺🇺🇺🇺
✔ US Navy:
• Ships: USS Comstock and Ralph Johnson
• Troops from the US Marine Division
🔹🔹Key Activities
✔ Interoperability drills for joint HADR operations
✔ Establishing a Combined Coordination Centre (CCC)
✔ Training visits & subject matter expert exchanges
✔ Sports events & social interactions
🔹🔹Significance of the Exercise
✔ Strengthens India-U.S. strategic and defense partnership
✔ Enhances joint disaster response capabilities
✔ Boosts coordination in humanitarian missions in the Indo-Pacific
📌📌 Why It Matters?
Given the increasing natural disasters and security challenges in the region, joint HADR exercises like Tiger Triumph play a
crucial role in preparedness and regional stability.