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Marines

 

Currently the Indonesian marine corps has an estimated 29,000 troops in 2 marine force or (PASMAR) equal to divisions in the army and one infantry marine regiment. 

 

Organization

 

2 Marine Forces plus one independent brigade forming as part of Ten Year Defense Plan 2004-13

 

            1st Marine Force - HQ: Surabaya Marine Base, East Java

                        1st Marine Infantry Brigade

                                    1st Marine Infantry Battalion

                                     3rd Marine Infantry Battalion

                                    5th Marine Infantry Battalion

                        1st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion

                        1st Marine Cavalry Regiment

                        1 Amphibious Tank (PT-76B)

                        1 Amphibious Landing Battalion (Amphibious Landing Vessels)

                        1 Landing Craft Battalion

                        1st Marine Artillery Regiment

                                    1 Heavy Gun Battalion

                                    1 MRL Battalion

                                    1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion

                        1st Marine Combat Support Regiment

                        1 Telecommunication and Electronics Battalion

                        1 Engineer Battalion

                        1 Supply Battalion

                        1 Military Police Battalion

                        1 Medical Battalion

                        1 Motorized Transportation Battalion

                        1st Marine Administration Support Regiment

 

2nd Marine Force (HQ: Jakarta Marine Base)

            2nd Marine Infantry Brigade

                         2nd Marine Infantry Battalion

                        4th Marine Infantry Battalion

                        6th Marine Infantry Battalion

                        2nd Marine Cavalry Regiment

                                   

                        2nd Marine Artillery Regiment

                        2nd Marine Combat Support Regiment

                        2nd Marine Administration Support Regiment

2nd Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion

 

            (All regiments of 2 Marine Force are organized like those of 1 Marine Force)

 

 3rd Marine Independent Infantry Brigade (HQ: Piabung, Lampung)

            7th Marine Infantry Battalion

            8th Marine Infantry Battalion

            9th Marine Infantry Battalion

                        3rd Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (stationed at the KIPAM

training facility at Surabaya)

 

            Naval Base Defense Marine Battalions

                         Naval Base Defense Marine Battalion (Task Unit) 1 - Belawan, N. Sumatera

Task Unit 1 - Padang, West Sumatera

            Task Unit 3 - Jakarta, West Java

            Task Unit 4 - Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands

            Task Unit 5 - Surabaya, East Java

Task Unit 6 - Makassar, South Sulawesi

            Task Unit 7 - Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara

            Task Unit 8 - Manado, North Sulawesi

                        Task Unit 9 - Ambon, Molucca Islands

                        Task Unit 10 - Jayapura, Papu

 

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