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The activities included exchanging expertise, refining response procedures, subject matter expert engagements and disaster management workshops in Sibolga and Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on July 21-31.
Guardsmen from the Hawaii Army National Guard's 7th Engineer Battalion observe as Indonesian first responders scale down a giant wall to simulate vertical rescue during the Pacific Partnership 2026 exercise at the Sibolga Search and Rescue Agency (SAR) office in Pandan, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on July 24, 2026. The disaster mitigation exercise also included water rescue and a table-top exercise on disaster response. (JP/Nurni Sulaiman)
United States and Indonesian personnel recently concluded joint activities to expand regional disaster preparedness capabilities through a series of engagements and workshops.Held under the aegis of Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26), US participants consisted of guardsmen from the Hawaii Army National Guard’s 7th Engineer Battalion and personnel from the Center for Excellence-Disaster Management, who trained with personnel from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNBP) and the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).
