10 Nations Testing Readiness At Super Garuda Shield 2024

Indonesia is welcoming allies from across the globe as it hosts a series of military manoeuvres involving 5,500 troops from ten nations.

Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the biggest iteration of the annual manoeuvres to date; as well as forces from the host nation, it will this year involve troops from the the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand. Twelve further nations are observing the exercise.

Centred on Indonesia's Juanda Naval Air Base military base in Surabaya, the exercise began with an opening ceremony led by the Indonesian National Armed Forces yesterday (Monday).

Super Garuda Shield has its origins in a 2006 information and training exchange between the U.S. and Indonesia under the name Garuda Shield; for the last three years the exercise has expanded to include partner nations.

This year activities will include airborne operations, amphibious and cyber operations, a command-and-control exercise, a joint field training exercise and a live-fire event.

Air Vice Marshal Widyargo Ikoputra, the Deputy Commander of Kodiklat, Tentara Nasional Indonesia said, “Super Garuda Shield in 2024 is a means to create and build mutual trust in the military sector, strengthen bilateral military-to-military relations, and multilateral relations.”

You can read more about the Super Garuda Shield 2024 on the U.S. DVIDS website