page_title: Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
section_title: Military Service and Assignment
hierarchical_section_title: Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono / Military Service and Assignment
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Indonesia: AHY penugasan Militer
context_page_description: H. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, MSc, M.P.A., M.A. or more familiarly called AHY is the Executive Director of The Yudhoyono Institute and founder of the AHY Foundation. Previously, he worked as military officer in the TNI for 16 years. AHY became the best graduate of the Military Academy in 2000 and won the Indonesian President award; Adi Makayasa.
  While serving in the Indonesian Army, AHY assumed the task of restoring security operations in Aceh in 2002 and UN peace operations in Lebanon in 2006. AHY has also actively contributed to the transformation and modernization within the TNI. He also co-founded the Indonesian Defense University. In 2015, AHY led one of the Capital's security units, as Commander of 203 / Arya Kamuning Mechanical Infantry Battalion, under Brigif 1 / PIK, Kodam Jaya.
  In 2016, AHY was appointed by the Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party, the United Development Party, and the National Mandate Party to become Jakarta Governor Candidates. Since then, he has been active in politics under Democratic Party and was given the task of Commanding the Joint Task Command to win Indonesia's 2019 General Election, with the target of 5–10 percent.
context_section_description: AHY incised various successes in his service for the Indonesian National Army. Following the footsteps of his grandfather Sarwo Edhie Wibowo and his father SBY, AHY carried out a variety of important assignments and missions, starting from the Platoon commander in the Operations section to the Company commander in the elite unit of the 305 Kostrad Airborne Infantry Battalion.
  After graduating from AKMIL, AHY attended the Infantry Branching School and the Intel Combat Course in 2001. He later joined the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad). In 2002, AHY who was a Brigadier of 17 Kostrad, assigned as a platoon commander in the 305th Airborne Infantry Battalion / Tengkorak. That time, he was sent  to Aceh for a risky task in the Security Restoration Operation. In Aceh, AHY was chosen as the Commander of the Special Team.
  After leading the special forces in Operation Security Restoration in Aceh, in November 2006, AHY assumed the task of serving as a Garuda XXIII-A contingent operations section officer in maintaining peace along the Israeli and Southern Lebanese borders, when Israel and Hezbollah were involved in 34 days of war. This contingent is the first Indonesian contingent sent for a UN peace mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL). During his assignment, AHY initiated the smart car program as a means of reducing the impact of the trauma of war on children. For this initiative, AHY was awarded the Army Service Distinction Medal from the leadership of the Lebanese Armed Forces. As field experience gained, AHY was promoted as Company commander (Danki) at Infantry Battalion 305 / Tengkorak in 2007 and was selected as the best Danki in the Kostrad 1 Infantry Division in 2008. In the same year, AHY attended the Indonesian Navy Scuba Divers course in the Thousand Islands. AHY received an award as the best Company Commander in the Kostrad 1 Infantry Division, at the Joint Training of the Yudha Siaga TNI in Sangata.
  Later that year, AHY was asked for his contribution by Minister of Defense, Prof. Dr. Juwono Sudarsono, to join the initiation of the Indonesian Defense University.
  AHY then continued his military education at the US Army Maneuver Captain Career Course at Fort Benning, United States in 2011 and became the best graduate. He also won a Medal from the United States Armed Forces, The Order of Saint Maurice from the US National Infantry Leader.
  Returning to Indonesia, he served as the Head of Operations Section (Kasiops) at the 17 Kujang 1 Kostang Cross-air Infantry Brigade. In 2013, for his achievements and thoughts, AHY was assigned as a Post-Graduate Lecturer, in the Defense Management program, the Indonesian Defense University.
  In 2015, AHY returned to US to join another military academy, and later won the title Summa Cum Laude from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Until early 2016, AHY was assigned as the Commander of 203 Arya Kamuning Mechanical Infantry Battalion, one of the elite security forces of the State Capital. As Danyonif 203 AHY successfully led training with Australian troops in Darwin in 2016.
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