Indonesian Army



"The Indonesian Army serves as the land component of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and over 300,000 soldiers are actively served. These guys seem that they would try to do their best to defend their country from such crises in their country, like in Aceh, Maluku and Papua, despite violating human rights in West Papua, East Timor and Aceh."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Invasion of Indonesia

The Indonesian Army (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD), literally "Indonesian National Military-Land Service"), the land component of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, has an estimated strength of 300,000 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its roots in 1945 when the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat (TKR) "Civil Security Forces" first emerged as a paramilitary and police corps.

Since the nation's independence movement, the Indonesian Army has been involved in multifaceted operations ranging from the incorporation of Western New Guinea, the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, to the annexation of East Timor, as well as internal counter-insurgency operations in Aceh, Maluku, and Papua. The army's operations have not been without controversy; it has been periodically associated with human rights violations, particularly in West Papua, East Timor and Aceh.

The Indonesia Army is composed of a headquarters, 15 military region commands, a strategic reserve command KOSTRAD, a special forces command Kopassus, and various adjunct units.