{"id":369705,"date":"2026-08-17T16:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369705"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:05:54","slug":"exercise-maitree-xv-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-maitree-xv-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise\u00a0MAITREE-XV (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Indian Army contingent departed for Thailand to participate in the 15th edition of the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise <strong>MAITREE-XV (2026)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Exercise\u00a0MAITREE-XV (2026)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369706\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-369706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-1.jpg?resize=422%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise\u00a0MAITREE-XV (2026)\" width=\"422\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-1.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C610&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-1.jpg?resize=768%2C457&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-1.jpg?w=1202&amp;ssl=1 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DD News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>military<\/strong> exercise between<strong>\u00a0India and Thailand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Started in:<\/strong>\u00a0Exercise MAITREE was instituted in\u00a0<strong>2006<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The aim of Exercise MAITREE is to <strong>foster Military Cooperation between India and Thailand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2026 Host:<\/strong> The exercise will be conducted from <strong>18 to 31 August 2026<\/strong> at <strong>Vibhavadi Rangsit Camp, Surat Thani, Thailand<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2025 Edition:<\/strong> Last edition of the same exercise was conducted at <strong>Foreign Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya in September 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contingents:<\/strong> The <strong>Indian Army and Royal Thai Army contingents<\/strong> comprise <strong>85 personnel each<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Army contingent<\/strong> is represented primarily by <strong>troops from 9 Gorkha Rifles<\/strong>, while the <strong>Royal Thai Army<\/strong> contingent comprises personnel from the <strong>3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The exercise will <strong>involve company-level joint training<\/strong> focused on operations in <strong>jungle and semi-urban terrain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Exercise will <strong>enhance combined capabilities<\/strong> in executing Joint Counter Insurgency\/ Terrorist Operations in <strong>Jungle and semi-urban environment<\/strong> under\u00a0<strong>Chapter VII of United Nations Charter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The training will include <strong>field exercises, combat discussions, lectures<\/strong>, demonstrations and a culminating validation exercise.<\/li>\n<li>The contingents will also <strong>exchange operational experience<\/strong> and showcase <strong>contemporary equipment and technologies<\/strong> employed during joint operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Army contingent departed for Thailand to participate in the 15th edition of the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-XV (2026). About Exercise\u00a0MAITREE-XV (2026) It is a military exercise between\u00a0India and Thailand. Started in:\u00a0Exercise MAITREE was instituted in\u00a02006. Aim: The aim of Exercise MAITREE is to foster Military Cooperation between India and Thailand. 2026&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-maitree-xv-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise\u00a0MAITREE-XV (2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-369705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369705","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}