JAKARTA - The Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces, General Andika Perkasa, opened the 2022 Super Garuda Shield (SGS) joint training from the Combat Training Center in Baturaja, South Sumatra.

"SGS 2022 is a large-scale joint training event between Indonesia and friendly countries in the Indo-Pacific region," Andika said, Wednesday, August 3.

When opening the activity, General Andika was accompanied by the Commanding General United States Army Pacific Command (USQPARC) General Charles A Flyn.

The opening of the exercise was marked by pinning the participant's beret to the soldier's representative.

Joint exercises with the 2022 Super Garuda Shield will be held on August 1-14, 2022 at three different locations, namely the Combat Training Center in Baturaja, the Marine Combat Training Center in Dabo Singkep, and the Combat Training Center in Amborawang.

A total of 13 countries participated in the joint exercise, including Indonesia. The countries involved are the United States, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, India, Timor Leste, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

SGS 2022 is an annual joint exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) designed to strengthen interoperability, capability, mutual trust, and cooperation that have been built on decades of shared experience and create inter-personnel communication. participating countries in an operation.


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