Denjaka

Jala Mangkara Detachment
Detasemen Jala Mengkara
Active13 November 1984 – present
Country Indonesia
Branch Indonesian Navy
Type Navy Special Forces
SizeOne detachment
Part of Indonesian Marine Corps
Garrison/HQCilandak, Jakarta
Nickname(s)Hantu Laut
Motto(s)Satya Wira Dharma
("Ready to act against any threat of danger")
Beret color  Reddish Purple
Anniversaries4 November
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel (Marine) Samson Sitohang
Notable
commanders
MajGen Yussuf Solichien, Ph.D.
LtGen Dr. Nono Sampono
LtGen Alfan Baharudin
LtGen R.M. Trusono
LtGen Suhartono
LtGen Nur Alamsyah

Denjaka (abbreviation from Detasemen Jala Mengkara; Jala Mangkara Detachment) is a counter-terrorism special operations force of the Indonesian Navy. It is a combined detachment formed from selected personnel of the Navy's frogmen unit (KOPASKA) and the Marine Corps' Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (Taifib).[1]

  1. ^ Conboy 2008, p. 121.