Indonesia and the United States will conduct a large-scale military exercise next week to enhance their combined interoperability capabilities, with 11 other nations participating as partner nations or observers.
The annual Garuda Shield exercise will be conducted on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan from August 1 to 14.
It aims to bolster the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership and advances regional cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, according to the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Indonesia.
It stated that the joint drill would be “significantly larger in scope and scale than previous exercises” with dozens of other nations taking part for the first time, including Singapore, Australia, and Japan….