troops in Europe) instead of the distinctive green beret. At that time, Indonesia's special force name was (3rd Territorial Army Command Commando Unit). was the final result of five name changes: Kesko TT, KKAD (, Army Commando Forces Unit), RPKAD (, Army Para-Commando Regiment), (Army Special Forces Department) and . The first generation of this force was only around a hundred soldiers or one company, headquartered in Bandung. Among its pioneer instructors was a young veteran of the Indonesian National Revolution, future Minister of Defense Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani, who later became a battalion commander and later led his paratroopers to crush the two twin rebellions in 1957-58 by the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia and Permesta. As the RPKAD, a name used in the 1960s, and expanded into a three-battalion special forces airborne regiment, the force was involved in the widespread killings during General Suharto's rise to power. An estimated half-a million people were killed in the anti-communist purge with strong communal overtones. The RPKAD was involved in wiping out entire villages such as Kesiman (east of Denpasar) in Bali, many of them in beach areas which later becomes major tourist resorts. The unit also saw action during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation when in 1965, Indonesia launched a war for control of North Borneo (Sabah/Sarawak) during Malaysian independence, particularly in the Battle of Sungei Koemba In 1981, with Moerdani yet again at the lead, a Kopassandha company was deployed to Bangkok as part of the efforts to rescue Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 from hijackers. In 2017 Kopassus was sent to Afghanistan to guard the Indonesia embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Organization Kopassus organizational structure is different from the infantry units in general. Although Kopassus members generally came from the Infantry Corps, Kopassus created its own structure, which is different from infantry units. Kopassus units intentionally do not use the nomenclature of standard infantry units. This is apparent in their units called Groups. With this unit, Kopassus can deploy a brigade plus size (about 5,000 personnel), or fewer. There are five groups of Kopassus which are: Special Forces Training and Education Center () - located in Batujajar, West Java. Group 1 Para Commandos. Headquarters at Kartasura, Central Java. Group 2 Para Commandos. Headquarters at Serang, Banten. Group 4 Sandi Yudha (Clandestine). Headquarters at Cijantung, Jakarta. SAT-81 Gultor Counter-terrorism Group. Headquarters at Cijantung, Jakarta. Except for Pusdikpassus, which serves as an educational