JAKARTA – Exercise Gema Bhakti 22 (GB22), a staff exercise among members of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), opened September 9 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and will run until September 16. The exercise is designed to improve joint workforce planning and processes at an operational level. It also promotes positive military relations, ensures security and stability in the region, and raises cultural awareness, while enhancing the command and control capabilities of the combined forces.
During the 10th iteration of Gema Bhakti (Indonesian for “Echo of Good Deeds”), US forces and the TNI will work together to carry out operational-level planning for crisis response. The scenario will take place on a fictional continent, with US military troops and support from members of the civilian and humanitarian aid community.
“Like Garuda Shield, Gema Bhakti has evolved from a smaller, less complex exercise to a much more challenging and robust joint exercise that enhances the interoperability and multinational capability of TNI and the US,” said Major General Kenneth Hara, Adjutant General for the United States Army. state of Hawaii, in his opening speech. “I look forward to strengthening relations, improving preparedness and increasing interoperability between the armed forces of the United States and Indonesia,” Hara said.
Approximately 110 US military and multi-agency personnel and 30 personnel from TNI and Indonesian non-military organizations will practice planning combined operations during GB22. The objectives of the exercises include improving coordination of military capabilities with civilian agencies and the humanitarian aid community; organizing and integrating into a combined task force to conduct military operations; and enhancing professional development through bilateral maritime security, cyber and other planning events at the operational level.
By the US Embassy Jakarta | September 9, 2022 | Topics: Press releases
