Garuda Shield
As part of the exercise, staff officers from the Pacific Command, the HIARNG, USARPAC, and the TNI will form a brigade to test peace support and stability operations capabilities.
As part of the exercise, staff officers from the Pacific Command, the HIARNG, USARPAC, and the TNI will form a brigade to test peace support and stability operations capabilities.
Gen. Mulyono said the joint military exercise between the two countries was conducted to place the cooperation in the United Nations peace-keeping operation on a solid footing.
"The joint exercise with the US is of great advantage in the face of peace-keeping operation dynamics, and the way how to integrate the system of training in Indonesia and the United States," Mulyono said.
The exercise, which was known as Super Garuda Shield, included Indonesia, Japan, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Australia, and the UK, while France, Germany, and India sent observers.
[9] 2,100 US and 1,900 Indonesian soldiers made up the majority of forces in the exercise, along with participation from Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Officials such as Major General Marcus Evans, Commanding Officer of the 25th Infantry Division, remarked on "the value of training in the region" and of continuing the exercises in the future.
