Kostrad

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KOSTRAD (Komando Strategis Cadangan Angkatan Darat) is the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command, which has between 25,000 and 26,000 troops, supervises operational readiness among all commands and conducts defense and security operations at the strategic level in accordance with policies of the TNI commander.

1 History
2 Deployment
3 Structure
4 List of KOSTRAD Commanders

[edit] History

KOSTRAD came into being when Indonesia was dealing with the liberation of West Irian in 1960, and was formally constituted on 6 March 1961. Initially designated the Army General Reserve Corps, its name was changed to KOSTRAD in 1963.

[edit] Deployment

These green-beret troops have never been absent from the various military operations, such as G-30-S/PKI (30 September Movement/Indonesian Communist Party), Trisula, the PGRS (Sarawak People's Guerrilla Force) in Sarawak, the PARAKU (North Kalimantan People's Force) in North Kalimantan, and Operation Seroja in East Timor. KOSTRAD troops have also been relied on at the international level, as was the case with Garuda troops in Egypt (1973-78) and Vietnam (1973-75) and with those in the combined peace force in the midst of the Iran-Iraq War of 1989 and 1990.

[edit] Structure

In 1984 the PANGKOSTRAD became responsible to the ABRI commander for the conduct of combat operations, called defense and security operations. At present, KOSTRAD has a strength of some 35,000 to 40,000 army personnel with two infantry divisions: the 1st Division, headquartered at Cilodong, West Java, comprising the 17th Airborne, 3rd, and 13th Brigades, and the 2nd Division, headquartered at Malang, East Java with the 18th Airborne, and 6th and 9th infantry brigades. KOSTRAD also includes a separate airborne brigade; one cavalry brigade; two field artillery regiments; and several combat support and service support units.