 The Indonesian Armed Forces and the US Indo-Pacific Command recently held an exercise focused on the operational level planning and execution of a combined military operation called Gema Bakti 2022. So we have mutual understanding and so we can collaborate and I hope this exercise will give the benefit for us and enhance our equal partnership between Indonesian Defense Force and the United States Armed Forces. This is the 10th iteration of Gema Bakti. This year's exercise was a staff exercise that focused on the military's role in support of defense-led operations building interoperability in the region. The primary goal of the exercise was to improve joint operational level planning in response to a regional crisis and enhance interoperability and professionalism of the nation's forces. For the Indonesians they have similar missions per se within National Guard. They have a military mission obviously but they're also serve as the the 9-on-1 for this country you know for humanitarian assistance and disaster response as well so it has that flexibility to from one scenario military operations to another that could be humanitarian assistance. The Hawaiian National Guard continued its support of Gema Bakti through the state partnership program. The Hawaiian National Guard brings a broad spectrum of experience forged over the past few years and having built J-staffs to respond to volcanic eruptions floods and the COVID-19 pandemic. So far it's been great they do a lot of things similar to the way us does it and it's a little bit maybe like outdated doctrine that we use so getting that perspective and having that like baseline understanding and then kind of building on it with the new the new processes and procedures that we're using has been has been really great. One of the key differences in this year's Gema Bakti was the implementation of the TNI's Kogob Wilhelm structure in the exercise. The Kogob Wilhelm is analogous to the U.S. forces combatant commands. It's different because you got the Kogob Wilhelm involved in Gema Bakti. In the past Gema Bakti has been an exercise that involved U.S. military and the TNI from Indepakam and the TNI and it always been kind of joint where you had Army, Air Force, Navy Marines on both sides involved in Gema Bakti. But it was more of a general training of the MNCC, the Multinational Coordination Center through the use of the MNF SOP which is the multinational force standard operating procedures and the scenarios have changed a lot throughout Gema Bakti and this one is no different in this case. We have a fictitious island, a nation that is threatening some national security interests of Indonesia and we have the Kogob Wilhelm which is their regional joint commands to come up with a potential joint task force that could address some of the issues that the scenario is presenting here during the training. The TNI and Indepakam provided participants from each of their military components the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines along with representatives from non-governmental agencies. Gema Bakti also provides a personal and professional broadening opportunity for all of its participants. Just my interaction with the TNI has helped me develop as a leader. I think there are different approaches to different problems, to different types of people, to different organizations and I think my experience with the TNI has been a positive one. I think probably the most rewarding experience is learning a little bit about my warfighting function which is intelligence and then sharing what I know with them. But it's never been one way since I've been here. They've always either taught me something or I taught them something and it's never just been a one-way relationship. This is Master Sergeant Andrew Lee Jackson reporting with the Hawaii National Guard.