Situbondo, Oct. 15 -- Thousands of Indonesian and Australian troops conducted a joint amphibious landing exercise on Thursday at Banongan Beach in Situbondo, East Java, as part of the biennial Keris Woomera 2026 joint defense operations.

Running from October 10 to 20, under the theme "TNI-ADF Joint Task Force", the exercise involves 2,174 personnel alongside land, sea, and air military assets from both nations to strengthen the defense cooperation and regional security.

Brig. Gen. Kamil Bahren Pasha, Exercise Director from the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), and Col. Mark Tutton, Landing Force Commander from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), directly inspected the beachhead operations.

The joint scenario saw warships, includi...