Civil servants participating in reserve component training receive allowances whilst maintaining salary and benefits
Jakarta – The Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Rini Widyantini has issued a letter regarding the participation of civil servants (ASN), including permanent employees, as reserve component (Komcad) personnel in supporting national defence efforts.
Through a letter dated 20 February 2026 addressed to ministers in the Red and White Cabinet, Rini requested that civil servants participate in Komcad Basic Military Training (Latsarmil) with comprehensive guarantees for their rights as state apparatus personnel, including certainty regarding career advancement.
Mohammad Averrouce, Head of the Data, Communications, and Public Information Bureau at the PANRB Ministry, stated that during training, civil servants will continue to receive salary and allowances as if performing official duties, along with health protection support, equipment, and safety assurances.
“After completing Komcad training, participants will resume their roles as civil servants,” Averrouce told CNBC Indonesia on Friday (27 February 2026).
In the PANRB Minister’s letter regarding Komcad, it was specified that civil servants who have officially become Komcad candidates and complete 45 days—or 1.5 months—of military training will receive pocket money, personal field equipment, healthcare treatment, and work accident insurance as well as death benefits.
Civil servants participating in Komcad military training will also receive 300 hours of learning (JP) in competency development in accordance with Regulation 17/2020 on Civil Service Management, fulfilling the Professional Index (IP) requirement that mandates 20 hours annually per civil servant.
Regarding career development, Personnel Development Officials (PPK) or Talent Committees may provide positive consideration with higher performance ratings as recognition of competencies displayed whilst undertaking talent classification for civil servants designated as Komcad, creating opportunities for career and talent development to enable them to become role models for other civil servants.
“From the civil service management perspective, participation in Komcad is also viewed as part of competency and professionalism development for the apparatus, as well as a tangible civil service contribution in strengthening national resilience according to respective roles and capacities,” Averrouce emphasised.
However, Averrouce cautioned that not all civil servants automatically become reserve component personnel. Civil servant participation in Komcad is selective, voluntary, and must meet specific requirements in accordance with applicable regulations.
Key requirements include minimum age of 18 years and maximum of 35 years, sound physical and mental health, absence of criminal records, and completion of administrative and competency selection processes according to established quotas.
“Civil servants declared successful must subsequently complete basic military training lasting approximately 45 days as part of national defence capacity building,” Averrouce stated.
On this occasion, Averrouce also emphasised that to implement the programme, the PANRB Ministry has coordinated with the Defence Ministry and relevant ministries and institutions to meet reserve component requirements from civil service personnel.
For information, quotas for Komcad at each institution have been detailed in the PANRB Minister’s letter for 49 Red and White Cabinet ministries. The total quota is 4,400 personnel, divided into two batches of 2,200 personnel each.
Brigadier General TNI Rico Ricardo Sirait, Information and Public Relations Officer at the Defence Ministry’s Secretariat, stated that training divided into two batches, each comprising 2,000 civil servants, will commence in April 2026.