Skomen Mahawarman (Jawa Barat's Student ROTC) (Bandung)

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Skomen Mahawarman is the Indonesian Student Regiment, Jawa Barat (West Java) unit.
The Indonesian Student Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC).

The Student Regiment (Resimen Mahasiswa a.k.a MENWA) is Indonesia's only quasi-ROTC units, spread across the country. It's first established in 1959 as a backup unit to help defeat the guerilla insurgence of the separatist Darul Islam/Tentara Islam Indonesia (Dar Al Islam/Indonesian Islamic Forces) in the '50s.

Indonesia's politic of Confrontation with the newly proclaimed Malaysia helped established the formal Student Regiment units from ITB, UNPAR, and other universities in bandung. On those days, the units' members can number up to hundreds in one university alone, so a "real" platoons, companies etc can be made.