Military Regional Command

The Military Area Commands (KODAM) as of 2007. There are new Military districts now not shown in the image

The Armed Forces' Military districts known as "KODAM"s and the operational organization of these were established by General Soedirman, following the model of the German Wehrkreise system. The system was later codified in Surat Perintah Siasat No.1, signed into doctrine 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 a number of set combined arms divisions. These were further consolidated in 1951, and then dispersed in 1952. From 1952 to 1958-59, the Army was organised into seven Territorial Armies(Tentara & Teritoriums) composed of regiments and independent formations in the battalion level and below. In August 1958, the Indonesian Army reconsolidated its territorial organization. There were then established sixteen regional commands, which retained earlier divisional titles; the Siliwangi Division, for example, became Kodam VI/Siliwangi.^[1] The RCs, then as in today, were subdivided administratively into Areas (the former territorial regiments), Districts (the former regimental battalions) 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 (Kowilhans) and the National Strategic Forces Command (Kostranas) were eliminated from the defence structure, re-establishing the Regional Military Command (Kodam) as the key organisation for strategic, tactical, and territorial operations for all services.^[2] The chain of command flowed directly from the ABRI commander in chief via the Chief of Staff of the Army to the ten territorial commands' commanders, and then to subordinate army territorial commands.

The territorial commands incorporate provincial and district commands each with a number of infantry battalions, sometimes a cavalry battalion, artillery, or engineers, and there are an increasing number of infantry brigades being activated.^[3] Some have Raider battalions attached.

Military Districts

Currently there are 15 Military district commands in Indonesia:

IM Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Banda Aceh, Aceh. The province of Aceh is under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
1st Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Medan, North Sumatera. The province of North Sumatera, West Sumatera, Riau and Riau Islands are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
2nd Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Palembang, South Sumatera. The province of Jambi, Bengkulu, South Sumatera, Bangka-Belitung Islands and Lampung are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
Jaya Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Cawang, Jakarta. The Special Capital Region of Jakarta including Depok and Tangerang are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
3rd Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Bandung, West Java. The province of Banten, excluding Tangerang and West Java, excluding Depok are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
4th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Semarang, Central Java. The province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
5th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Surabaya, East Java and Madura Island. The province of East Java is under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
6th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. The province of South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
9th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Denpasar, Bali. The province of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command. The former province of East Timor was also under the jurisdiction of Kodam IX/Udayana.
12th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The province of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
13th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Manado, North Sulawesi. The province of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Central Sulawesi are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
14th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The province of West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
16th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Ambon, Maluku. The province of North Maluku and Maluku are under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
17th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Jayapura, Papua. The province of Papua is under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.
18th Regional Military Command: Headquartered in Manokwari, West Papua. The province of West Papua is under the jurisdiction of this territorial command.