Regional Military Command


The Indonesian Regional Military Command are Indonesian military districts.

History

The Armed Forces' military regions are known as KODAMs. Their organization was established by General Soedirman, following the model of the German Wehrkreise system. The system was later codified in Surat Perintah Siasat No.1, signed by General Soedirman in November 1948.
The Army's structure underwent various reorganisations throughout its early years. From 1946 to 1952, the Army was organized into combined arms divisions. These were consolidated in 1951, and then dispersed in 1952. From 1952 to 1958-59, the Army was organised into seven Territorial Armies composed of regiments and independent formations at battalion level and below. In August 1958, the Indonesian Army reconsolidated its territorial organization. This created sixteen regional commands, which retained earlier divisional titles; the Siliwangi Division, for example, became Kodam VI/Siliwangi. The RCs were subdivided administratively into Areas, Districts and District Sectors, and operationally composed of a number of speciality battalions and in some regional commands, an infantry brigade.
A reorganisation in 1985 made significant changes in the army chain of command. The four multiservice Regional Defence Commands and the National Strategic Forces Command were eliminated from the defence structure, re-establishing the Regional Military Commands as the key organisation for strategic, tactical, and territorial operations for all services. By then, the 16 regions were reduced to just 9. The chain of command flowed directly from the ABRI commander in chief via the Chief of Staff of the Army to the ten territorial commanders, and then to subordinate army territorial commands. In 1999, the number of regions grew to 10, and today, there are around 15 in active operation.
The territorial commands incorporate provincial and district commands each with infantry battalions, sometimes a cavalry battalion, artillery, or engineers. The number of activated infantry brigades is increasing. Some have Raider battalions attached.

Organization of Regional Commands

Each Regional Command is led by a general officer of Major General rank, assisted by a Chief of Staff, a billet of a Brigadier General. These are subdivided into the following territorial formations:
In addition, a Regional Training Regiment is also present in each of the 15 commands for the training and education of enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers in their area of operations.
The office of the Regional Commander is assisted by the following territorial departments:
Operationally, each RMC is organized as a territorial infantry division with the following organization:
The 15 military region commands in Indonesia are:
NoNameLogoDefense areaHeadquartersOfficial website
1.Kodam Iskandar Muda
 Aceh
Banda Aceh
2.Kodam I/Bukit Barisan
 North Sumatra
West Sumatra
Riau
Riau Islands
Medan
3.Kodam II/Sriwijaya
 Jambi
Bengkulu
South Sumatra
Bangka Belitung Islands
Lampung
Palembang
4.Kodam Jaya
 Special Capital Region of Jakarta
Jakarta
5.Kodam III/Siliwangi
 Banten
except Tangerang Regency
Tangerang City, and
South Tangerang
West Java
''except Bekasi Regency
Bekasi City, and
Depok
Bandung
6.Kodam IV/Diponegoro
 Central Java
Special Region of Yogyakarta
Semarang
7.Kodam V/Brawijaya
 East Java
Surabaya
8.Kodam VI/Mulawarman
 South Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
North Kalimantan
Balikpapan
9.Kodam IX/Udayana
 Bali
West Nusa Tenggara
East Nusa Tenggara
Denpasar
10.Kodam XII/Tanjungpura
 West Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
Kubu Raya Regency
11.Kodam XIII/Merdeka
 North Sulawesi
Gorontalo
Central Sulawesi
Manado
12.Kodam XIV/Hasanuddin
 West Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi
Makassar
13.Kodam XVI/Pattimura
 North Maluku
Maluku
Ambon
14.Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih
 Papua
Jayapura
15.Kodam XVIII/Kasuari
 West Papua
Manokwari

Former Military Regions