New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- As India and the United States continue to deepen their defence partnership, they held the opening ceremony of the 22nd edition of Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas on Tuesday at Auli Foreign Training Node in Uttarakhand.

Major General Amaresh Gunjan, General Officer Commanding, 14 Infantry Division and Colonel Benjamin Jackman, Commander, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, US Army, addressed the participating contingents comprising of 600 personnel from each side. The exercise is simultaneously being conducted at Auli and Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release.

The release underlined that the exercise is aimed at enhancing the joint milita...