Exercise Super Garuda Shield:
The United States and Indonesia kicked off their annual joint military drills, Super Garuda Shield, spanning until September 11 across multiple Indonesian regions.
- Super Garuda Shield is a flagship annual multilateral joint military exercise hosted by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and co-led by the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
- Originally established in 2006 as a bilateral army exchange (Garuda Shield), it expanded significantly into a combined, joint-service, multilateral war-game covering land, air, maritime, and cyber domains.
- Nations Involved: Indonesia and the United States.
- Participating & Observer Nations: 13 additional international partners, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, and others across the Indo-Pacific and NATO partner networks.
- Aim is to strengthen combined interoperability, tactical readiness, and multilateral cooperation among partner militaries, enhancing collective capabilities in regional deterrence, crisis response, territorial defense, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR).
