The Indonesian Army is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,400 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its roots in 1945 when the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat (TKR) "People's Security Forces" first emerged as a paramilitary and police corps.
Military Regional Command III/Siliwangi is an Indonesian Army Regional Military Command that covers Banten and West Java province.
Kodam XII/Tanjungpura, is an Indonesian Army Regional Military Command that covers West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan province. Kodam Tanjungpura also oversees the defense of Indonesian border region with the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Kodam V/Brawijaya is a military region command of the Indonesian Army, as the 5th Kodam, which oversees the entire East Java Province. It traces its history to the first formation of the East Java Division in 1948.
The Indonesian Army has formed a large number of infantry battalions since it was formed from provisional militias during the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch colonial rule, 1945–1949. Today, the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance 2007 lists the Army with 2 brigades plus 60 other battalions in the KODAMs, or Military Regional Commands, and nine battalions in KOSTRAD, the Army Strategic Reserve Command. There are also around nine airborne battalions.
Kodam IX/Udayana is a military regional command of the Indonesian Army which is responsible for the Lesser Sunda Islands. It was established as part of the 1985 reorganisation of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and included East Timor until that province achieved independence in 1999.
Komando Daerah Militer XVII/Cenderawasih or Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih, is a military area command of the Indonesian Army, as the 17th Kodam, which is responsible for the defense of the Provinces of Papua, South Papua, Central Papua and Highland Papua.
Komando Daerah Militer XIV/Hasanuddin is a military command area of the Military of Indonesia. It oversees the following provinces on Sulawesi island: South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and West Sulawesi.
Military Regional Command I/Bukit Barisan is an Indonesian Army Regional Military Command that covers the Sumatran provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands. The command takes its name from the Barisan Mountains.
The 400th Raider Infantry Battalion is one of the 42 active Indonesian Army Raider Infantry Battalions. It was founded on 23 March 1953 and was transformed into its present form on Army Day, 22 December 2003 - one of the first generation Raider Battalions to be raised. The Banteng Raiders honorific honors the battalion being raised in response towards the threat posed by the Darul Islam's armed wing, the Tentara Islam Indonesia, in its area of operations as part of Kodam IV/Diponegoro territorial command, and its origins date back to 1950. It also took part in the events following the 1965 30 September Movement, wherein infantrymen from the Battalion were operationally deployed to Jakarta.
Nurdin bin Ismail Amat, better known as Din Minimi, is a former militant of Free Aceh Movement who led an armed band based in Aceh during the 2010s.
The Indonesian Army and Marine Corps have several infantry brigades. These brigades normally head about three infantry battalions. Currently the Army has 22 brigades and the Marine Corps has 4.
Komando Daerah Militer XIII / Merdeka is a Defense Regional Military Command which is responsible for the defense of the provinces of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Central Sulawesi.
The Indonesian Military Regional Commands also known officially as Military Area Commands are military districts of the Indonesian Army which function for the territorial defence of various regions within the country. They cover one or multiple provinces.
Komando Daerah Militer XVI/Pattimura, abbreviated Kodam XVI/Pattimura, is the Defense Regional Command which contains Maluku Islands.
Komando Daerah Militer XVIII/Kasuari, is the Defense Regional Command in Southwest Papua, and West Papua Province, which was created in 2016 with the division of parts of Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih which is located in Jayapura, Papua Province.
Main Regiments of the Military Area Commands are Indonesian training centers and regimental depots serving newly recruited enlisted personnel of the 15 Military Area Commands of the Indonesian Army. These regiments are the regional command's home base for recruiting and training of personnel within their areas of responsibility.
The 25th Infantry Brigade / Siwah or 25th Raiser Infantry Brigade / Siwah is an organic Indonesian Army Brigade under the Kodam Iskandar Muda. It is in charge of 3 Infantry Battalions: 111st Raider infantry Battalion / Karma Bhakti, 113rd Raider Infantry Battalion / Jaya Sakti and 114th Raider Infantry battalion/ Satria Musara). These units were previously under 011th Military Resort Command/Lilawangsa. It is led by Commander Maj. Gen. Moch. Fachrudin S. Sos who was assigned the post on Thursday, December 28, 2017.
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Herman Asaribab was an Indonesian military officer. He served as the Commander of the 17th Military Regional Command/Cenderawasih from August 2019 to November 2020, before being promoted to Vice Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army.
The 500th Raider Infantry Battalion is one of the 42 active Indonesian Army Raider Infantry Battalions. It was established on 25 October 1945. The battalion is one of several Indonesian Army units that are capable of air assault operations. The battalion is based in the city of Surabaya, under the command of the Kodam V/Brawijaya.
Maj.Gen. Novi Helmy Prasetya
Brig.Gen. Hadi Basuki
