Military crafted its name really badly in Indonesia history. My childhood perception of Indonesian army was no more than a group of disgusting dumb flirty guys who seemingly pedophile. When my campus finally sent me to Indonesia's remote frontier, I start to understand the hardships and complication within the individual troops locked in their posts. Indonesia, an archipelagic state with more than 13,000 islands, huge internal waters, deadly sea, frontiers off the beaten track, separatism, illicit trade, tough pirates, creative political frauds, indigenous people, and all those stuffs - not an easy beast to tame whether you're in land, water, or air. There are individual story in each of those troops, a humane story, and distrust towards the institution doesn't necessarily means bad individuals. However, military still have a huge task convincing common Indonesian perception towards them, that is a feeling of safety instead of threat.
Overall, we have seen progress throughout these years, and we do hope Indonesian military keep progressing, institutionally and in the name of defense itself. Happy birthday, Tentara Nasional Indonesia!
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