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It's Not Called Super Garuda Shield for Nothing!

A showcase for partnerships and military alliances, Super Garuda Shield involves more than 4,000 service members from 19 nations observing — or training side-by-side — in one of the largest multinational exercises in the Indo-Pacific region.

Super Garuda Shield has expanded from being the cornerstone for the U.S.-Indonesia military relationship to include troops from Australia, Japan, Singapore, France and the United Kingdom.

A soldieraims his weapon.
Garuda Shield
A soldier maneuvers through the jungle terrain of Indonesia during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 in Puslatpur, Indonesia., Sept. 4, 2023.
Credit: Army Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh
VIRIN: 230904-A-FU327-2005
A helicopter flies low to the ground.
Garuda Shield
A joint multinational force conducts a live-fire exercise during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 in Puslatpur, East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 11, 2023.
Credit: Army Pfc. Christa Riggs
VIRIN: 230911-A-EB697-1217

The training includes academic exchanges and professional development exercises, in addition to a command and control simulation, amphibious and airborne operations, an airfield seizure exercise, and field training that culminates in a live-fire event. 

A U.S. soldier in battle gear points while standing next to another soldier in a field.
Defense Plan
A U.S. and Indonesian soldier communicate a defense plan during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 in Indonesia, Sept. 6, 2023.
Credit: Army Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh
VIRIN: 230906-A-FU327-2011Y
A soldier in silhouette parachutes to the ground during daylight.
Drop Zone
An Army Special Forces soldier parachutes during Exercise Super Garuda Shield in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, Aug. 30, 2023. The annual exercise is a joint, multinational event focused on maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Credit: Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Austin Berner
VIRIN: 230830-A-BZ540-1079Y

More than 20 members of the Hawaii National Guard are in attendance this year, bringing their experience responding to volcanic eruptions, floods, COVID-19  and, most recently, the wildfire response in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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