TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Receives Honorary Brevet From Paspampres

TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono (atas, central) accompanied by Paspampres Commander Major General TNI Rafael Granada Baay (top, left) and Deputy Paspampres Commander Brigadier General TNI (Mar) Oni Junianto/ANTARA PHOTO/Aditya Pradana Putra/rwa.

JAKARTA - TNI Admiral Yudo Margono became the first TNI Commander during the administration of President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin who received the Honorary Brevet Setia Alert from the Presidential Security Forces (Paspampres).

The ceremony for the reshuffle and embedding of honorary brevets was carried out by the Commander of Paspampres (Danpaspampres) Major General TNI Rafael Granada Baay during a ceremony at the Paspampres Command Headquarters, Jakarta, Monday, August 7.

"This is an activity that we carried out for the first time, and of course it is the pride and honor for me to be given this beret and brevet. Of course it is my responsibility that Paspampres are a unit or balkpus (central implementing body) under the TNI Commander," said the TNI Commander during a press conference after the ceremony reported by ANTARA.

The ceremony for the commemoration and embedding of honorary brevets for the TNI Commander begins with simulations and demonstrations of abilities from Paspampres members.

Several simulations were shown to the TNI Commander, including simulations of tameing bombs, simulations of the evacuation of the President and First Lady, simulations of VVIP security during demonstrations and attacks.

Then, there is also martial arts displayed by Paspampres members, considering that they are known as 'tameng' or 'life rivals' for the President, Vice President, and First Lady.

In the same series of events, as many as 60 Paspampres members also featured various martial arts, including karate, judo, aikido, white pigeons, and Pencak Silat WS Pamungkas which are traditional Indonesian martial arts.

Several members also showed that this ability was used to defend themselves and beat opponents.

Finally, several Paspampres members showed their ability to exercise their bodies by breaking the crucial array, light brick, concrete, blocks of ice cubes, and hot iron.

"Earlier we saw together, they are very professional in their fields," said Admiral Yudo.

The Commander plans to rejuvenate several defense equipment equipment in Paspampres, because some are old, and modernize the structure of the Presidential Security Forces organization so that they can work more optimally.