*Sources: DTN News / Defense Media
(NSI News Source Info) CIPATAT, Indonesia - June 25, 2009: Mobilization Assistant to the Commander of US Pacific Command Maj. Gen. Vern T. Miyagi, center, inspects a special purpose weapon called CornerShot as Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Joko Santoso, left, looks on during the opening ceremony of a joint multinational military exercise between members of UN peacekeeping forces code-named Garuda Shield 2009 in Cipatat, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. 
Major General Vern Miyagi from the US Pacific Command while other military officers looks on during the opening of the 'Garuda Shield 09' in Bandung, west Java on June 16, 2009. The two-week UN peace support operation exercise hosted by Indonesia brings in trooops from nine countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and USA.
The exercise that involved 20 countries is aimed at strengthening cooperation between their armed forces, especially in UN peacekeeping missions.
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