General Dudung: There Used To Be Shinta's Milk, Now Soldier's Milk

KSAD General Dudung Abdurachman (Photo via TNI AD)

JAKARTA - KSAD General Dudung Abdurachman will soon realize the procurement of canned milk for soldiers and their families. This includes the children of Indonesian Army soldiers.

"In the past, it was called Susu Shinta, now it's called Susu Serdadu," joked General Dudung in his statement before chairing the TNI AD Leadership Meeting (Rapim) at the AH Nasution Building, AD Headquarters, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 2 yesterday.

Dudung said that the plan to procure canned milk has been coordinated with the KSAD Planning Assistant (Asrena), the KSAD Logistics Assistant (Aslog), and the KSAD Operations Assistant (Asops). Dudung said that the provision of milk was inspired by the attention of General (Ret.) M. Jusuf, former Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces and concurrently Minister of Defense and Security in the period 1978–1983.

"I will imitate Mr. M Yusuf. So every Army soldier gets canned milk," continued the Army Chief of Staff.

According to him, during the Shinta Milk program, he had received canned milk, because he was a child of the army. "It used to be called Susu Shinta, I'm a child of the army so I can get it," he said.

Milk is a drink that is commonly consumed by everyone at all ages. Milk contains a variety of important nutrients that are able to keep the body's organs functioning properly and protect the body from disease.

To support growth and development, regular consumption of milk is recommended from childhood, and especially for soldiers' children to be healthy and strong. Meanwhile, for soldiers, milk can help reduce the risk of developing diseases, such as osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.

In addition to giving the Soldier's Milk, Kasad asked the Logistics Assistant (Aslog) of the Army Chief of Staff to prioritize the purchase of soldier's clothes, to provide four sets of field service clothes, two sets of shoes, four sets of socks, and helmets for soldiers.

"Don't let me hear again that there are soldiers who buy (uniforms)," said Dudung as written in the Dispenad statement.