During an extensive multinational exercise focusing on disaster relief and humanitarian assistance, Australian forces participated alongside United States and Indonesian partner forces.
Exercise Crocodile Response was carried out in Indonesia and Australia to improve interoperability. The exercise came to a close in the Northern Territory of Australia.
According to Commander Headquarters Northern Command, Royal Australian Navy Captain Mitchell Livingstone, military personnel, and government agencies collaborated during complicated scenarios to improve their combined disaster relief expertise.
“Crocodile Response is a vital training activity that allows Australia, the United States Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Indonesia to cooperate effectively in times of natural disaster,” Captain Livingstone said. “Crocodile Response is a vital training activity.”
“During this year’s exercise, the three foreign partners practised their combined disaster relief skills by working through various scenarios, one of which involved the loss of critical services in a fictitious isolated community due to the effect of a tropical cyclone.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Deden Kurniawan of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, the mission of Crocodile Response is vital for all three countries.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Kurniawan, “This activity was a place to establish communications and increase person-to-person relationships,” and “This activity was a place to increase person-to-person relationships.”
According to Colonel Brendan Sullivan, the Marine Rotational Force Commanding Officer in Darwin, Crocodile Response was the first significant exercise for the personnel under his command.
“The exercise provided an opportunity to demonstrate combined capabilities in providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief throughout the region,” Colonel Sullivan stated after the event. “The exercise was a success.”
“It is using activities such as these that we can strengthen our bonds with one another, build trust, and increase our collective capabilities.”
After completing the exercise’s academic portion in Bogor, Indonesia, participants then travelled to Robertson Barracks in Darwin for the command post portion of the training.