TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – ITN and militaries from the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore, who will conduct Exercise Garuda Shield 2022. Batman.

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta explained in a statement that Garuda Shield is an annual joint and joint exercise between TNI and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), designed to build interoperability, capabilities and mutual trust. This collaboration is based on decades of shared experience.

Exercise Garuda Shield in 2022 will be much larger in scope and scale than previous exercises, with many countries participating or attending for the first time as observers. In addition to the countries that are actively participating, there are countries such as Canada, France, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the United Kingdom, which should join as observer countries.

“I am proud to see how Garuda Shield has grown compared to last year – this summer it was developed into a multinational joint exercise covering all components military our. It is a symbol of U.S.-Indonesian ties and the growing ground forces relationship in this very important region,” said Charles Flynn, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific.

According to Flynn, the ground forces are the glue that holds the region’s security architecture together. His party and the TNI jointly built preparedness, built relationships and built trust.

The joint exercise with Garuda Shield 15/2021, which is the largest military exercise between Indonesia and the United States, will end on August 14, 2021. This exercise involves 2,246 members of the Indonesian army and 2,282 members of the US Army. Twitter/25thID

Exercise Garuda Shield 2022 involves approximately 2,000 U.S. troops, 2,000 TNI-AD personnel, and additional participants from partner nations. This military exercise is expected to increase joint interoperability capability through training and cultural exchange.

Not only that, the exercise also strengthens the strategic partnership between the United States and Indonesia and advances regional cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Exercise Garuda Shield 2022 will feature professional and cultural exchanges that strengthen the U.S.-Indonesia partnership through shared learning and training. Training, academic exchanges and professional development workshops for members at the corps level and below will focus on areas such as humanitarian and natural disaster relief, as well as countering conventional, unconventional and hybrid threats.

For command post exercises (CPX) will focus on the functions of personnel in peacekeeping operations UN within a joint military framework. The Field Rehearsal (FTX) will involve elements of the company force from each nation participating in the joint exercise, core warfare skills to enhance interoperability and joint operating capability.

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