Silent Operation Taifib Marines and Satkopaska Free Important Figures Taken Hostage at Banongan Beach, East Java

Marine Taifib Soldiers and Kopaska during a hostage release exercise at Bongan Beach (ANTARA/HO)

JATIM - The Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Soldier (Taifib) and the Frog Troop Command Unit (Satkopaska) took action to free important figures who were held hostage.

The liberation action was carried out in the Banongan Beach area, Situbondo, East Java, Sunday, August 22.

Initially, the Taifib soldiers carried out their combat jumps in the early hours of the morning in complete secrecy using Cassa U-6205 aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 feet. Other dives also use Cassa U-6215 aircraft with an altitude of 3,000 feet.

The second jump was preceded by the jump of an inflatable boat from the plane, then the parachutists with a freefall technique followed landing in the sea directly to the coast controlled by the enemy by prioritizing the speed factor.

Then carried out infiltration from the submarine by Kopaska soldiers to enemy ships for destruction.

After all enemy targets can be captured and controlled, then in the context of withdrawing and releasing important figures who are held hostage by the enemy, Taifib soldiers do so using the stabo technique, which is a technique of transferring troops by air using ropes that are hung on helicopters.

Yes, this hostage release operation is an exercise to improve professionalism, especially for junior soldiers so that they have combat experience.

"Then what you will face in the real field like this and in the still dark weather you are deployed and have to gather somewhere. This is not easy, because you special forces must be given training that is not easy, so that later you are ordered to destroy the targets- strategic targets in the area of operation," said the Marine Corps Dispen in a written statement, Antara, Sunday, August 22.

The summit exercise was reviewed by the exercise leader who is also the Chief of Naval Staff (Kasal) Admiral Yudo Margono, accompanied by the training director who is also the Marine Corps Commander Major General TNI (Mar) Suhartono.

In the future, Kasal said, his party will create places or targets for actual training. The exercises that have been carried out regularly will later be changed, so that the mindset of soldiers in the future must continue to change.

"Similarly, in the implementation of the exercise, later what you will face is the real enemy," said Kasal.

The hostage release operation carried out by the Indonesian Navy's special forces was the culmination of the Indonesian Navy's Joint Special Forces Support Operations Exercise (Latopsdukpassusgab) 2021 which was held in the Surabaya, Situbondo, and surrounding areas.

Previously, the special soldier had gone through various stages of training, ranging from rehearsals for the command post, tactical floor game (TFG), partial training, and at the end of the exercise carried out in order to test the training process by carrying out the field in the actual field to seize and control enemy targets. and freeing important figures who were held hostage.

This technique can only be carried out by special forces, because it requires precision, accuracy, and precise calculations, considering the very high risk to the safety of the troops and the helicopter itself.

Also present during the review of the exercise, Dankodiklatal Admiral TNI Nurhidayat, Commander of the 2nd Armed Forces Admiral of the TNI Dr. Iwan Isnurwanto, Asrena Kasal Admiral TNI Abdul Rasyid K, Aslog Chief Admiral TNI Puguh Santoso, Assistant Chief of Staff Admiral TNI Dadi Hartanto, AAL Governor Maj. Gen. TNI (Mar) Nur Alamsyah, Danpuspenerbal Admiral TNI Edwin, and a number of other high-ranking officers.