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Indonesia, U.S. and Partners Open Largest Super Garuda Shield to Date

Organizers cast the expansion as a rigorous test of interoperability that underscores collective deterrence.

From left, Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo, Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Gen. Tandyo Budi Revita, and Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan, pose for photographers during the opening ceremony of Super Garuda Shield 2025, an Indonesia-US annual large-scale joint military exercise that brings together forces from multiple countries, in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo, right, shakes hands with Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Gen. Tandyo Budi Revita during the opening ceremony of Super Garuda Shield 2025, an Indonesia-US annual large-scale joint military exercise that brings together forces from multiple countries, in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of Super Garuda Shield 2025, an Indonesia-US annual large-scale joint military exercise that brings together forces from multiple countries, in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Overview

  • The 11-day exercise runs from Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 across Jakarta, western Sumatra and the Riau archipelago.
  • Roughly 6,000 to 6,500 personnel from about a dozen nations are participating, with additional countries attending as observers.
  • The program features staff planning, cyber defense drills and a combined live-fire event scheduled for the closing phase.
  • U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Samuel Paparo called it the largest edition yet and met Indonesian and allied leaders to deepen cooperation on maritime security, humanitarian response and regional stability.
  • China has criticized the expanded drills as an attempt to form an "Asian NATO," while Washington denies the exercises target Beijing and Indonesia emphasizes a nonaligned approach with defense diversification.