 After PRRI and Permesta's surrenders, Moerdani, was stationed in Aceh.In the beginning of 1960, he contemplated becoming an Army Aircraft Pilot but was dissuaded from it by Ahmad Yani who sent him to the United States to join the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.There, Moerdani took part in an Infantry Officers Advanced Course and trained with the 101st Airborne Division.