JAKARTA - A total of 487 members of the Reserve Components (Komcad) of the Navy have started to take part in basic military training (Latsarmil) at the Marine Education Command (Kodikmar), Surabaya, East Java.

The opening ceremony of Latsarmil Komcad FY 2022 was led by the Commander of the Navy Education and Training Doctrine Development Command (Kodiklatal) Lieutenant General TNI (Mar) Suhartono.

In a written mandate read by Dankodiklatal, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto explained that one national and state defense strategy currently being implemented by Indonesia in dealing with the dynamic development of the strategic environment is the Universal People's Defense and Security System (Sishankamrata) strategy, which involves the management of all national resources.

"This is of course based on the inculcation of the values of state defense awareness along with the development of the strength of the TNI and its defense equipment as the main component of national defense," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, May 30.

To all Komcad members who made it into the selection, Prabowo emphasized that they could absorb and follow as well as possible the material provided by the trainers.

The reserve component latsarmil curriculum consists of the fields of attitude and behavior, knowledge and skills, and the physical field for the next three months. Meanwhile, the curriculum given to the participants of the TNI AL Komcad Latsarmil includes Military Basics, Permildas, PBB, Military Self-Defense, Shooting, Leadership Science, and Field Science.

Previously, the Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono, said the komcads were aimed at ship crews, who later if there was a war they could manpower the defense equipment, and the defense equipment would also be a reserve component in war. After the war, all ships took out, there were no tankers. We can coordinate with Pertamina. All assets, all components must work together to support the implementation of martial law, for example war. So that later these Komcad-Komcad will be able to crew the ships that will be deployed. be a component of the Navy's reserve in the naval war. Of course, the reserve component of the Navy is for the reserve component of the naval war, "said Yudo.

Therefore, the recruitment of these marine reserve components must be more thorough and focused so that once this is completed they can really be used to become reserve components in carrying out naval warfare.

Not only that, said Yudo, Saka Bahari Scout personnel will also be recruited as intelligence in the area to strengthen the Navy unit.


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