Komando Armada Barat TNI AL Dipimpin Laksamana Muda TNI A Taufiq R

Position Handover Western Fleet Commander of the Indonesian Navy

Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Komando Armada Barat TNI AL Dipimpin Laksamana Muda TNI A Taufiq R
Kasal Laksamana TNI Ade Supendi melantik Laksamana Muda TNI A Taufiq R sebagai Panglima Armada Barat TNI AL (Foto: istimewa)

Jakarta (B2B) - Armada RI Kawasan Barat (Armabar) TNI-AL kini dipimpin oleh Laksamana Muda TNI A Taufiq R menggantikan Laksamana Muda TNI Widodo, yang dilantik oleh Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut RI (Kasal) Laksamana TNI Ade Supendi melalui upacara militer di Markas Komando Armabar di Jl Gunung Sahari 67, Jakarta Pusat pada Rabu.

Hadir pada upacara serah terima jabatan (sertijab) adalah Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan RI, Susi Pudjiastuti, Wakil Kasal Laksamana Madya TNI Didit Herdiawan, para pejabat teras Markas Besar TNI AL, para panglima komando utama (Pangkotama) TNI AL serta sejumlah undangan dari kalangan TNI, Polri dan para pejabat sipil.

Sebelumnya, Laksamana Muda TNI A Taufiq R menduduki jabatan Koordinator Staf Ahli (Koorsahli) Kasal sejak 14 Oktober 2014. Sedangkan Laksamana Muda TNI Widodo, selanjutnya akan menempati jabatan baru sebagai Wakil Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut (Wakasal).

Laksamana Muda TNI A. Taufiq R., kelahiran Sukabumi, pada 18 Oktober 1961, merupakan lulusan Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL) angkatan tahun 1985 atau AAL-30.

Berbagai pendidikan militer telah ditempuhnya, selain di AAL Pati berbintang dua ini antara lain pernah mengikuti kursus rudal exocet (1986), kursus perwira remaja (1986), operational training FPB-57 (1988), Diklapa I Senjata Bawah Air (SBA) Angkatan-4 (1991), Diklapa II Koum Angkatan-6 (1993), Dikreg Seskoal Angkatan-35 (1998), Susgati Binlat Opsgab TNI (2002), serta Sesko TNI Angkatan-36 (2009).

Sejumlah jabatan strategis pernah diembannya, antara lain, Palaksa KRI Patiunus-384 (1985), Komandan KRI Pulau Rani-701 (1986), Komandan KRI Badik-623 (2000), Kepala Jurusan Pelaut Departemen Profesi di AAL (2002), Komandan KRI Karel Satsuit Tubun-356, Komandan Satrol Koarmatim (2004), Komandan Satuan Kapal Eskorta Koarmatim (2005). Komandan Kolat Koarmatim (2010), Komandan Gugus Tempur Laut Koarmabar (2011), Wakil Gubernur Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL), Kepala Staf Komando Armada RI Kawasan Barat (2013), Gubernur AAL (2014), Koorsahli Kasal (2014), dan kini pada 25 Februari 2015 alumnus AAL-30 ini menerima tongkat komando sebagai Panglima Armada RI Kawasan Barat.

Jakarta (B2B) - Western Fleet Commander of the Indonesian Navy, known as the Armabar, now led by Rear Admiral A Taufiq R replace Rear Admiral Widodo, who was appointed by the Indonesian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ade Supendi through a military ceremony at Armabar command headquarter here on Wednesday.

Present at the military ceremony was Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Didier Herdiawan, officials of the Indonesian Navy Headquarters, and officials military, police and civil officials.

Earlier, Rear Admiral A Taufiq R serves Expert Staff Coordinator of Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff  since 14 October 2014, while Rear Admiral Widodo will take a new position as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.

Rear Admiral A Taufiq R was born in Sukabumi on October 18, 1961 was a graduate of the Indonesian Naval Academy class of 1985 or the 30th class graduates.

Military education has gone through, this two star senior officer had some training in the Exocet missile (1986), juvenile officer course (1986), operational training FPB-57 (1988), advanced education officer underwater weapons (1991), advanced education officer (1993), naval command staff school (1998) and various other important naval education.

Some important position as commander of the Indonesian battleships, known as the KRI, such as executive officer KRI Patiunus 384 (1985), KRI Rani Island 701 (1986), KRI Badik 623 (2000), Head of Department at the Naval Academy (2002), commander of KRI Karel Satsuit Tubun 356, commander of the patrol unit command of eastern fleet (2005), and a number of other important positions until 2014 before appointed Western Fleet Commander of the Indonesian Navy.