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

Four Indian solders in tactical gear stand on a beach as a U.S. Navy landing craft splashes ashore in the background.

250411-F-ZA639-1101K.JPG Photo By: Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Irvin

250411-F-ZA639-1101 - 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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