Marciano goes one rank higher

JAKARTA (JP): Col. Marciano Norman was installed on Tuesday as the new assistant for operational affairs of the city military command's chief of staff, replacing Col. Tritamtomo who had been promoted to be the West Jakarta military resort commander (Korem).

Also installed at the same time was Lt. Col. Suharsono, the former deputy assistant for operational affairs of the command's chief of staff, as the assistant for operational affairs of the garrison's chief of staff, replacing Marciano.

Marciano, the son of the former city military commander the late Lt. Gen. (ret) Norman Sasono, was a 1978 Military Academy graduate, while his successor, Suharsono, was a year his senior.

Tritamtomo, a 1974 Military Academy graduate was installed last October as chief of the West Jakarta Korem, whose command covers the North Jakarta, West Jakarta and Tangerang military districts.

The installment ceremony was led by City Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djadja Suparman and was attended by the command's chief of staff Brig. Gen. A. Yahya, the garrison's chief of staff Brig. Gen. Albert Inkiriwang and other officers.

After the installment ceremony, Djadja said that the security officers had made efforts to maintain security in the capital amid the escalating numbers of street crimes, rallies and student and community brawls.

"Do you think that we have had enough sleep? We're working hard. Some of us had to stay awake for days," he said.

The command had deployed troops to patrol around the various crime black spots to help the city police fight the increasing trend in street crimes. (ivy)