ABRI officers get degree

ABRI officers get degree

JAKARTA: Two senior Army officers have been awarded a
doctorate degree from the United States' Westminster University.

Maj. Gen. Bambang Soembodo and Col. Slamet Suharsa Padmosutoyo
were the first Indonesian Armed Forces members to receive a
degree from the university, a military spokesman said here
Saturday.

The men presented their scientific oration in Jakarta Friday
night.

Soembodo was logistics assistant to the chief for general
affairs and is now senior officer for special tasks at the Armed
Forces Headquarters, according to Antara.

His scientific oration, titled "Logistics of the Future:
Concepts and Precepts," was warmly received by the audience,
which included Westminster University President Prof. Ronald
Wilson and Dr. Subandono, the university's representative
coordinator in Indonesia.

Bambang, 54, said logistics had not been adequately taught in
Indonesia, especially in the military educational institutions,

He suggested better logistics training to keep pace with
technological progress.

Bambang finished training at the Military Academy in Magelang
in 1965, attended Army command and logistics schools in the
United States and the National Defense Institute in 1991.

He obtained an MBA degree in 1992 and graduated from political
science at the Open University in 1996.