U.S., Indian amphibious forces conduct cross-welldeck operations during Tiger Triumph 2025

BAY OF BENGAL (April 8, 2025) Indian Navy sailors aboard a landing craft mechanized (LCM) deployed from the Indian Navy amphibious transport dock INS Jalashwa (L 41) prepare to enter the welldeck of the U.S. Navy’s Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) during cross-welldeck operations in the Bay of Bengal during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025, April 8. 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. (Courtesy photo)