TNI AL-Marinir AS Exercises Parung Bersama Falls In Simulators, Danyontaifib 1: Sharpens Infiltration Capabilities

JAKARTA - Indonesian Navy (AL) soldiers from the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (Yontaifib) 1 of the Marine Corps and US Marines (USMC) participated in parachuting exercises in the Joint Reconnaissance Exchange Aka Latma Reconex 2024 Exercise.

The Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps Information Service in its official broadcast Friday, May 5, explained that the preparations included pre-training activities in the form of ground training and parachuting simulations or what is also called dry exercise using a simulator (wind tunnel) at the Orion Simulator Wind Tunnel Sky Diving Center Building, Koarmada RI Training Command (Kolat) in Jakarta, Thursday 2 May

In this activity, the Commander of Marine Forces (Danpasmar) 1 of the Marine Corps Brigadier General of the Indonesian Marines Umar Farouq directly inspected. He said the exercise, which is included in the 2024 Latma Reconex series, aims to improve the professionalism of soldiers, good relations and a sense of understanding between the two countries, as well as contribute to maintaining security in the region.

"Show the best in this exercise, keep the security factors both personnel and materials first, and always start every activity by praying," said Danpasmar 1 to the training participants.

At the same location, Commander of the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (Danyontaifib) 1 Marine Major Laili Nugroho, who led the exercise, said the dry exercise was an opportunity for soldiers to train their ability to maintain positions when jumping and flying in the air, as well as the ability to deal with the dynamics that may occur during service.

He explained that the better the position of the paratroopers, it is hoped that the parachuting position will also be perfectly open so that they can carry out the task of parachuting well.

"This is where you are fostered to sharpen the ability of cross-air infiltration, namely by studying the service process properly so that it can facilitate the process of failure in completing the main task. Carry out training with enthusiasm and maximum in accordance with training standards," said Danyontaifib 1 to the training participants.

Ground training and simulations in the wind tunnel, which will then continue into parachuting exercises, are a series of Joint Exercises (Latma) Reconnaissance Exchange (Reconex) 2024 between the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps and the United States Marine Forces Pacific (US Marforpac) First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) 1st Reconnaissance Battalion on April 25 to May 10, 2024.

Latma Reconex is a joint exercise that is routinely held by the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps and the United States Marine Corps every 1.2 years. The Latma in 2021 and 2023 will be held at the Marine Force Reconnaisssance Battalion Camp, totaling, California, United States.

For US Marine troops who took part in this year's Latma Reconex, it came from the US Marforpac based at Camp HM Smith, Hawaii, United States. Troops from the US Marforpac operate in the Indo-Pacific region, including joining joint exercises with US partner countries such as Indonesia.

Some of the materials that are the focus of Latma Reconex 2024 include combat markingsmanship, target range shooting practice, tactical combat casual care (TCCC), joint-combined exchange training (JCET), close quarter battle (CQB). ) SUAS, ground control supported, mission planning and briefing procedure, military freefall jump, and full mission profile.

Latma Reconex 2024 was held in three locations, namely at the Marine Combat Training Center (Puslatpur) 6 Antralina, Sukabumi, West Java, then at the Indonesian Navy Air Base (Lanudal) Pondok Cabe, Tangerang, Banten, and on Damar Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta, then in Kolat Koarmada RI, Jakarta.