Suara.com – Recently the name Major Teddy Indra Wijaya has become a public topic of discussion again. Because he was caught wearing campaign clothes while watching the first presidential debate at the Indonesian KPU, Central Newsdelivers.com, on Tuesday (12/12/2023) evening, it went viral on X’s social media.
Meanwhile, Teddy is the personal aide to presidential candidate number 2, Prabowo Subianto. In the photo circulating, Teddy is seen watching the first presidential debate live and sitting in the section supporting Prabowo.
Teddy was seen wearing a blue shirt which was the Prabowo-Gibran campaign uniform.
This was also questioned by one of the X accounts @UmarSyadarHsb_ _ commenting on the moment Teddy attended the first presidential candidate debate and sat in the stands supporting Prabowo-Gibran. This account questions Teddy’s status, who is still an active TNI soldier.
“Hello RI Bawaslu. Teddy is an active TNI member, why is he joining Prabowo’s team? Why don’t you reprimand this person. @bawaslu_RI Is it permissible for the active TNI to be part of Prabowo’s team team like this?” he tweeted.
So what is Teddy Indra Wijaya’s background as a TNI officer? See the explanation below.
Teddy Indra Wijaya’s Biodata and Profile
Special Forces Soldier
It is known that Teddy Indra Wijaya was part of the Kopassus red beret corps. Reporting from the Taruna Nusantara page, Teddy Indra Wijaya graduated from the Military Academy in 2011 and is one of the superior officers of the elite Kopassus unit.
Once an aide to President Joko Widodo
In 2014 he also served as an aide to President Joko Widodo. He accompanied the president until 2019.
Excellent Education
His education in America produced brilliant achievements. This Red Beret soldier was one of the TNI AD officers who succeeded in qualifying for the elite US Army troops.
Ranger School is the most elite troop school program in the US Army to produce US Army Ranger graduates in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
This education is attended by selected soldiers who are ensured to be in prime physical and mental condition. The graduation percentage of this school is around 20-25% of the total students in the education period.
This school applies a knockout system every day so the standard of graduates is very high. It is certain that only tough soldiers successfully graduate from Ranger School.
Brilliant Achievement
Teddy, who was the best graduate of the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, USA, in November 2019, has now also won the Ranger Tab for this program.
He received the title of International Honor Graduate among 185 student officers, of which 171 were American officers and 14 were foreign officers.
Another brilliant achievement, he also won the Commandant List Award with the top 20 percent in Academics and the Gold Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) with a perfect score of 100 percent.