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Maiden India-US disaster relief exercise to begin in Vizag today
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- The maiden India US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise named ‘Tiger Triumph’ is scheduled on the Eastern seaboard of Vishakhapatnam from November 13 to 21.
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- Aim- The exercise is aimed at developing interoperability for conducting Humanitarian and Disaster Relief(HADR) operations
- Indian fleet- Indian Naval ships Jalashwa, Airavat and Sandhayak, Indian Army troops from 19 Madras and 7 Guards, and Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopters and Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) would be participating in the exercise.
- US fleet-The US would be represented by US Navy Ship Germantown with troops from US Third Marine Division.
Source
The Hindu