{"id":356814,"date":"2026-02-26T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356814"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:19:12","slug":"exercise-dharma-guardian-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-dharma-guardian-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The 7th edition of Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN&#8217; commenced at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/GroupPhotoLOSX.jpeg?resize=434%2C272&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise 'DHARMA GUARDIAN'\" width=\"434\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About:<\/strong> It is an <strong>annual Joint Military Exercise between the Indian Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is being <strong>conducted at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Edition:<\/strong> It is the <strong>7th edition of this Joint Military Exercise.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>First Edition:<\/strong> The first edition of Exercise Dharma Guardian in <strong>2018<\/strong> was conducted in <strong>Misawa, Japan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Frequency:<\/strong> It is <strong>held alternately<\/strong> in India and Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Participants:<\/strong> There are<strong> 120-member contingent from each side.<\/strong> <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>JGSDF<\/strong> is represented by troops<strong> from the 32nd Infantry Regiment<\/strong> and the Indian Army contingent drawn from the<strong> Ladakh Scouts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To<strong> strengthen military collaboration and enhance combined capabilities<\/strong> to undertake joint operations in a semi-urban environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Focus:<\/strong> Participating troops will <strong>focus on achieving high levels of physical fitness, refining joint planning processes and synchronising tactical drills.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Features:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>centered on the integration of advanced technologies, strengthening interoperability, and refining modern operational capabilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Key tactical activities<\/strong> during the exercise include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing a Temporary Operating Base<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) grid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting up Mobile Vehicle Check Posts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conducting Cordon and Search Operations in hostile environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executing Heliborne Operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undertaking House Intervention Drills<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 7th edition of Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN&#8217; commenced at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia in Uttarakhand. About Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN&#8217; About: It is an annual Joint Military Exercise between the Indian Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF).\u00a0 Location: It is being conducted at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.\u00a0 Edition: It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-dharma-guardian-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise &#8216;DHARMA GUARDIAN\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-356814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}