page_title: KOPASKA
section_title: Joint Exercise
hierarchical_section_title: KOPASKA / Joint Exercise
caption_attribution_description: 130524-N-IY633-193 JAVA SEA (May 24, 2013) -- Members of the Indonesian special forces unit Kopaska simulate seizing a room while being observed by Electronics Technician 1st Class Anthony Nekervis, assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command, during a joint Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training exercise aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) as a part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. More than 1,000 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Indonesia 2013. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), and the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92). CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
context_page_description: The Frogmen Command is the premier frogman and underwater demolition unit of the Indonesian Navy. The unit's motto is in Sanskrit: "Tan Hana Wighna Tan Sirna". The unit's main duties are underwater demolition, destroying main underwater installations, reconnaissance, prisoner snatches, preparing beaches for larger naval amphibious operations, and counter-terrorism. During peacetime, the unit also deploys a team to serve as security personnel for VIPs and VVIPs. The personnel of Kopaska are recruited from Indonesian Navy seamen. Like other Indonesian special forces, Kopaska is trained to be able to conduct operations in the sea, including underwater, on land and airborne.
context_section_description: KOPASKA has conducted several joint exercises with other elite naval forces from other countries.
  FLASH IRON with US Navy SEALs and United States Navy Riverine Squadron
  PANDU EX with Republic of Singapore Navy Naval Diving Unit (NDU) 
  Malindo Malaysia & Indonesia (Exercise with TLDM Paskal in Maritime Interdiction Operation)
  PANDU EODEX with Republic of Singapore Navy Naval Diving Unit / RSN-NDU alternately Singapore and Indonesia
  MINEX with Republic of Singapore Navy
  SEA EAGLE with Republic of Singapore Navy
  MCMEX / DIVEX with NAVAL EOD Team from 25 Asia Pacific countries in Asia Pacific
  Joint Exercise with Pakistan SSG Navy
  Balance Iron with US Army Airborne & Ranger US Army
  Various Series of USPACOM Training Programs: Naval Engagement Activity (NEA), Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE), Peace Support Initiative Operations (GPOI) etc.
  Various Training Series UN Peacekeeping Operation: Khan Quest (Mongolia), Garuda Shield (Indonesia), Cobra Gold (Thailand-USPACOM) Global Positive Operation Initiative (GPOI) USPACOM (UNMOC, UNSOC, PSOIC, Traine of Trainer / ToT), ADF Warfare Center UNMOC & CIMIC (Australia), UNDPKO ITS ToT in Jakarta
  UN Peacekeeping missions: UNMO (UNOMO / Iraq, UNAMID / Darfur, UNMIS / Sudan, UNMISS / Southern Sudan, UNMIBH / Bosnia & Herzegovina, MONUC / Congo), UN Staff (Lebanon, Congo), UN Contingent (Indo Mech Batt / Lebanon, Force Protection Coy / Lebanon, Eng Coy / Congo)
caption: Kopaska frogmen simulate seizing a room in a Naval warship during training with the US Navy
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