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Military Area Commands

 

The weakest and least professional element of the army is its territorial units, composed largely of locally recruited regular soldiers, trained for operations up to company level, and organized under Military Area Commands (Kodams) and subsidiary provincial (Korems), regional and district commands. These territorial units will continue to account for the bulk of the army’s personnel (about 140,000 - 150,000 troops).  The majority of the territorial forces are infantry units, with each Military Provincial Command (Korem) controlling one or more infantry battalions, sometimes a cavalry battalion, artillery, or engineers.  Some have Raider battalions attached.  Currently there are 12 Military Area Commands, ad those are:

 

 

     Kodam Iskandar Muda

 

            Territory: Overseeing Aceh province as part of the Aceh Special autonomy law.

            Headquarters: Banda Aceh

 

            Territorial Units

                        Korem 011 - Lilawangsa

                        Korem 012 - Banda Aceh

 

            Combat/Combat Support Units

                          111th Infantry Battalion - Tusland Cut, East Aceh

                          112th Infantry Battalion - Mata’le, Banda Aceh

                          113th Infantry Battalion - Bireuen, North Aceh

                          114th Infantry Battalion - Rembele-bener Meriah, Central Aceh

                          115th Infantry Battalion - Alue Penyaring, West Aceh

                          116th Infantry Battalion - Pasi Raja, south Aceh

                          001 Missile Detachment (Rapier) - Pulo Rungkom-Lhokseumawe, Aceh

                          11th Cavalry Battalion - Jantho-Aceh Besar

 

     Kodam I

 

            Territory: Overseeing northern Sumatra provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands.

            Headquarters: Medan

           

            Territorial Units

                        Korem 022 - Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra

                        Korem 023 - Sibolga, North Sumatra

                        Korem 031 - Pekanbaru, Riau

                        Korem 032 - Padang, West Sumatra

                        Korem 033 - Tanjung Pinang, Riau Island

 

             Combat / Combat Support Units

           

                        7th Infantry Brigade - Pulau Raja

                                    131st Infantry Battalion - Bangkinang, Riau

                                    133rd Infantry Battalion - Padang Panjang, West Sumatra

                                    134th Infantry Battalion - Batam, Riau Islands

                        100th Raider Battalion - Binjai, North Sumatra

                        121st Infantry Battalion - Deliserdang, North Sumatra

                        122nd Infantry Battalion - Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra

                        123rd Infantry Battalion - Medan, North Sumatra

                        125th Infantry Battalion - Kabanjahe, North Sumatra

                        126th Infantry Battalion - Kisaran, North Sumatra

                        6th Cavalry Battalion - Medan, North Sumatra

                        2nd Field Artillery Battalion - Deli Serdang, North Sumatra

                        11 Medium Air Defense Battalion - Binjai, North Sumatra

                        13th Medium Air Defense Battalion - Pekanbaru, Riau

                        004 Missile Detachment - Dumai, Riau Islands

                        1st Engineer Battalion

 

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