Yudh Abhyas – 2017 between India and USA will be conducted at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, from 14 to 27th of this month.This will be the 13th edition of the joint exercise hosted alternately between the two countries said Defence Ministry in a release.This joint exercise will provide an opportunity to the armed forces of both countries to train in an integrated manner at Battalion level with joint planning at Brigade level.The exercise is also an ideal platform to learn from each-other’s experiences of planning and execution of operations. Both armies will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed operations for neutralisation of threats of varied nature said Ministry.