Indonesian Special Forces

Special Forces units in Indonesia are composed from the Indonesian Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police which consist of the following units:

  • Joint units
    • Koopsus, special forces and counter-terrorism military unit of Indonesia.
  • Indonesian Army
    • Kopassus, special forces and Army counter-terrorist unit.
    • Tontaipur (Peleton Intai Tempur - Combat Reconnaissance Platoon), platoon-sized special reconnaissance unit under Army Strategic Reserve Command.
  • Indonesian Navy
    • INSFOC, is the joint special forces team of specially trained members from the other Indonesian Navy special forces corps such as Kopaska, taifib, and denjaka.
    • KOPASKA, commando frogman unit.
    • Taifib, reconnaissance-commando unit, under command of the Marine Corps
    • Denjaka, special operations and maritime counter-terrorism forces.
    • Kesatuan Gurita, Indonesian Marine Corps counter Terrorism unit.
  • Indonesian Air Force
    • Kopasgat, special operations unit, particularly used in the role of airfield security, seizure, control, air defense, combat control, and combat search and rescue, also counter-terrorism.
    • Bravo Detachment 90 is a counter-terrorism unit whose personnel are specialists recruited and chosen from the Indonesian Air Force's Paskhas corps.
  • Indonesian National Police
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