RI soldiers shine at Army Rifle Meet

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian soldiers finished first in the overall champion pistol match, second in the overall champion carbine match and machine gun match and third in the rifle match in the ninth ASEAN Army Rifle Meet (AARM) in Brunei Darussalam.

In the individual events, Second Sgt. Joko R and First Pvt. Totok won first and second place in the pistol match. Chief Sgt. Pepen and First Sgt. Haryadi finished respectively second and third in the rifle match, while Second Sgt. Dwi Purwoko and Second Sgt. Hasan Basri came second in the automatic rifle match.

Second Sgt. Surata and Second Lt. Sartan won first place in the individual carbine match and First Sgt. Joko Darmawan and Second Sgt. Subata were second in the same event.

The AARM was held from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22 and was attended by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, the Philippines and Laos. The armies of Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar missed the annual event. (ivy)