Korps Marinir

Korps Marinir
Indonesian Marine Corps Coat of Arms
Active	15 November 1945
Country	Indonesia
Allegiance	President of Indonesia
Branch	Indonesian Navy
Type	Naval Infantry
Size	2 Divisions and 1 Independent Brigade
Part of	Indonesian National Armed Forces Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI)
Nickname(s)	KORMAR, Purple Berets
Motto(s)	Jalesu Bhumyamca Jayamahe (Sanskrit): Glorious On Land And Sea
Colours	Purple
Anniversaries	15 November
Engagements	Various anti-guerrilla operations in Indonesia, including Aceh and East Timor
Website	www.marinir.tnial.mil.id
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	President Joko Widodo
Minister of Defence	Ryamizard Ryacudu
Indonesian National Armed Forces	General Gatot Nurmantyo
Indonesian Navy	Admiral
	Major General

The Indonesian Marine Corps (Indonesian: Korps Marinir) officially known as KORMAR or simply "Marinir", Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut, ("KORMAR", TNI-AL); officially translated as: Marine Corps, Indonesian Navy is currently an integral part of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) and sized at the military corps level unit as the naval infantry and main amphibious warfare force of Indonesia. There are future plans to expand the Indonesian Marine Corps to become an independent, uniformed force. It is commanded by a two star marine general (note that it does not use the Admiral title). It has two divisions, which are:

The two marine divisions (PASMAR I and II) are each led by a one star admiral (Brigadier General/Commodore).

The Indonesian Marine Corps was formally a special operations force for the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL), then named Korps Komando Operasi or "KKO" (Commando Operations Corps). It was actively involved in various confrontations and conflicts involving Indonesia during the past. Now it still forms as one of the biggest corps within the Indonesian Armed Forces especially the Navy and usually deploys troops to UN Peacekeeping missions abroad with other service branches of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

The Indonesian Marine Corps maintains a joint special operations unit, known as Detasemen Jala Mangkara or "DENJAKA" (Jala Mangkara Detachment) created on the 1st of December 1984, and draws operators from the Komando Paukan Katak, TNI-AL or "KOPASKA" (The Indonesian Navy's Frogman Commando Force) and Batalyon Intai Ampibi, TNI-AL or "YONTAIFIB" (Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps). This unit has conducted anti piracy and hostage rescue operations in the current pirating in Somalia.

The Corps Mariniers (CM), the predecessor of the marine corps was established on 15 November 1945 at Navy Base IV of ALRI (Angkatan Laut Republik Indonesia) in Tegal. The marine corps was initially formed as a training for Indonesian seamen who joined the Navy, in order to fight on the ground when there is an emergency. Marines eventually were forced to join guerrilla warfare on land due to lack of sea defense equipments. In other places, the Corps were widely known as the "ALRI Gunung" (Navy of the Mountains) because it is more frequent fighting in the jungle and the foot of the mountain, rather than at sea. But they are not included yet in the marine corps for this latest new corps at that time only exist in Navy Base IV in Tegal, not in other naval bases. The marine corps from Tegal sent troops to Semarang front of the Revolution 25 times to aid the People's Security Army (TKR) whose personnel were losing to the Dutch. In the midst of the revolutionary period, precisely on 17 March 1948 there have been a reorganization and rationalization of the marine corps. At that time, because the marine corps had a lot of combat experience on the ground, the government , through the Ministry of Defense, decided to separate it from the Navy.