Kostrad Kostrad ( " Komando Cadangan Strategis Angkatan Darat " : " Army Strategic Reserve Command " ) is the Indonesian Army ' s Strategic Reserve Command . Kostrad is a Corps level command which has up to 35 , 000 troops . It also supervises operational readiness among all commands and conducts defense and security operations at the strategic level in accordance with policies of the TNI commander . As a corps , Kostrad is commanded by a " Panglima " ( Commander - in - Chief ) , usually a lieutenant general . Kostrad falls under the army chief of staff for training , personnel , and administration . However , it comes under the Commander - in - Chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces for operational command and deployment . Starting 1984 the ( Pangkostrad ) has been charged to lead the conduct of combat operations , called defense and security operations . History . Kostrad came into being during military action for Indonesia ' s take over of Western New Guinea in 1960 , and was formally constituted on 6 March 1961 . Initially designated the Army General Reserve Corps , its name was changed to Kostrad in 1963 . General Suharto , was appointed as the first head of Kostrad in 1961 , and it was in this role that he was able assert the army ' s control in the days following the abortive coup attempt on the evening of 30 September 1965 , which ultimately led to Suharto replacing Sukarno as Indonesian president . The command ' s troops have fought in most Indonesian military operations since their formation , such as G - 30 - S / PKI ( 30 September Movement / Indonesian Communist Party ) , Trisula , the PGRS ( Sarawak People ' s Guerrilla Force ) in Sarawak , the PARAKU ( North Kalimantan People ' s Force ) in North Kalimantan , and Operation Seroja in East Timor . Kostrad troops have also been used beyond Indonesia ' s borders , as was the case with Garuda Contingent in Egypt ( 1973 – 78 ) and Vietnam ( 1973 – 75 ) and with those in the United Nations Iran – Iraq Military Observer Group in the midst of the Iran – Iraq War of 1989 and 1990 . Strength . Kostrad had a strength of 27 , 000 in 1998 and its primary components consist of two infantry divisions . There were as of early 1998 a total of 33 airborne and infantry battalions within Kostrad . Each division contained three infantry and / or airborne brigades ; an armoured battalion ; cavalry reconnaissance company ; field artillery regiment of three battalions ; air defence artillery battalion ; combat engineer battalion ; supply and transportation battalion ; medical battalion ; signal company ; military police company ; field maintenance company ; and a personnel and administrative detachment . There have been several reports that a third division was to be formed for KOSTRAD , for example in an announcement by then KOSTRAD commander Lieutenant General Hadi Waluyo on 16 March 2005 . Waluyo ' s announcement indicated that the new division was to be formed around the 3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade , which would be shifted to a new site in Papua once the expansion programme had advanced further . However , despite this and other announcements , no third division has yet been established . List of Kostrad Commanders . Many Kostrad commanders have gone on to very senior Indonesian posts . Suharto became President ; General Rudini became Minister of Home Affairs ; General Wismoyo is married to the sister of Suharto ' s late wife ; and Lieutenant General Tarub became the armed forces ' Chief of the General Staff .