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Australia, India, Japan and U.S. Forces Participate in Exercise Malabar 2025

AT SEA, Guam (Nov. 13, 2025) — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer, JS Hyuga, leads United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald (centre-right), Indian Navy Shivalik-class frigate, INS Sahyadri (centre-left), and Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate, HMAS Ballarat, during Exercise MALABAR 25 off the coast of Guam.

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U.S., Indian joint forces conduct large-scale amphibious landing drill during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025

KAKINADA BEACH, India (April 11, 2025) — Indian Army soldiers from the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles Infantry Battalion, 91st Infantry Brigade, simulate securing a beach before a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion launched from the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) arrives during a large-scale amphibious landing drill as part of Exercise Tiger Triumph, at Kakinada Beach, Andhra Pradesh, India, April 11, 2025. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness and interoperability. Tiger Triumph enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Irvin)

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U.S. and Indian Armies strengthen alliances during Tiger Triumph

VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh, India (April 4, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bayonet Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, and Indian Army Soldiers, under the command of Col. Yash Agrawal and assigned to the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles Infantry Battalion, 91st Infantry Brigade, conduct field evacuation training during Exercise Tiger Triumph near Visakhapatnam, India, April 4, 2025. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness, and interoperability. The exercise enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy of Indian Army)

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Aero India 2025 logo. (curtesy image)

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Travels to India, Speaks at Raisina Dialogue

Senior military leaders participate in a panel at the annual Raisina Dialogue, India’s leading conference on geopolitics, security, and economics. Panel members included, from left to right: Adm. R Hari Kumar, Chief of Naval Staff, India, Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Nicolas Vaujour, Chief of the Naval Staff, France, Adm. Sir Ben Key, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, United Kingdom, and Air Marshal Robert Chipman, Chief of the Air Force, Australia. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Travels to India, Speaks at Raisina Dialogue

Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks on Raisina Dialogue panel “From the Aegean Sea to the South China Sea: Responding to Maritime Sieges”, alongside senior military leaders from Australia, France, India, and the United Kingdom, Feb. 23, 2024. Raisina Dialogue is India’s leading conference on geopolitics, security, and economics. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)

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Defense Part of Deepening Overall U.S.-India Relationship

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

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Decorated American Officer’s Last Remains to Head Home After 58 Years

Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, Decorated American Officer’s Last Remains to Head Home After 58 Years. Courtesy photo

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U.S., India Rapidly Expand Their Military Cooperation

In this file photo, U.S. Green Berets from the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and India’s National Security Guard train with a Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle during a counterterrorism exercise in Chennai, India, Feb. 28, 2023.

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Pacific Air Forces Follow Aero India 23 with Air Force Training Exercise in India

In this file photo, U.S. Air Force 535th Airlift Squadron and the Indian Air Force No. 81 Squadron personnel pose for a photo during Exercise COPE INDIA 2022 at Hindan Air Base, India Nov. 18, 2022.

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Pfizer COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine to Bhutan

U.S. Delivers an Additional 50,000 Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine to Bhutan.

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Japan hosts Australia, India, U.S. in Naval Exercise Malabar 2022

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), steams in formation with Indian Navy Ship, INS Shivalik (F47), during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 11. Malabar 2022 is a Japan-led, surface, air, and subsurface multi-lateral field training exercise with the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Navy. Malabar 2022 enhances interoperability between Australian, Indian, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces, strengthens the critical partnerships and demonstrates U.S. naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

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DOD Officials See Real Progress in Indo-Pacific

In this file photo, the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), steams in formation with ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Indian Navy during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 11. Malabar 2022 is a Japan-led, surface, air, and subsurface multi-lateral field training exercise with the Indian Navy, JMSDF, Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Navy. Malabar 2022 enhances interoperability between Australian, Indian, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces, strengthens the critical partnerships and demonstrates U.S. naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

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U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Meeting with India’s Chief of the Naval Staff Adm. R. Hari Kumar

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday meets with India’s Chief of the Naval Staff Adm. R. Hari Kumar aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-183) at sea, Nov. 6. This engagement was one of many held during the International Fleet Review and Western Pacific Naval Symposium.

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SECDEF and MEA India Bilateral Engagement

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2022.

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U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India

India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm. S.N. Ghormade welcomes the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) to L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli, near Chennai, India, Aug. 7, 2022 where the ship will conduct scheduled maintenance. As part of Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force (CLF), Charles Drew enables U.S. Navy ships to remain at sea and combat ready for extended periods of time. In addition, CLF ships, like Charles Drew, also resupply international partners and allies operating in the Indo-Pacific Region. Under Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific Region.

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U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India

India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm. S.N. Ghormade welcomes the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) to L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli, near Chennai, India, Aug. 7, 2022 where the ship will conduct scheduled maintenance. As part of Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force (CLF), Charles Drew enables U.S. Navy ships to remain at sea and combat ready for extended periods of time. In addition, CLF ships, like Charles Drew, also resupply international partners and allies operating in the Indo-Pacific Region. Under Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific Region

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USS Frank Cable Visits Visakhapatnam, India

Sailors assigned to the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) man the rails as the ship departs Visakhapatnam, India, Aug. 4, 2022. Frank Cable is currently on patrol conducting expeditionary maintenance and logistics in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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DOD Officials See Real Progress in Indo-Pacific

In this file photo, Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, center-left, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Defense Secretary of India, center, and Dr. Ely Ratner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, center-right, pose for a photo with other attendees during a meeting at India’s Ministry of Defence headquarters. Aquilino visited New Delhi to meet with regional partners and to discuss collaborative approaches to security challenges at the Raisina Dialogue 2022.

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USS Momsen Arrives in Goa, India

A ceremonial band plays for the arrival of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) in Goa, India for a scheduled port visit. USS Momsen is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force, and is underway supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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