Garuda Shield Military Exercise

BCFOS -- Garuda Shield is a two week joint-exercise between the United States Army and Indonesian Army. The purposes of this joint-exercise is to enhance and enrich the jungle warfare ability of both U.S. Army and Indonesian Army. This joint-exercise took place in Indonesia. This joint-exercise was first held in 2009.

Garuda Shield 2009

This was the first time Garuda Shield joint-exercise was held. This joint-exercise took place in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In this first annual Garuda Shield exercise, several other nations are invited to join the exercise. The following nations are[1]

Australia
Brunei
Canada
Japan
China
Russia
Kingdom United Kingdom
Germany
Thailand