The Indonesian government launched military training for 1,773 civil servants from government ministries and agencies in April 2026 , with officials emphasizing the program is voluntary and not mandatory military service, designed to foster nationalism and discipline . However, the post's claim about state-owned enterprise (BUMN) employees cannot be verified from available reporting—only civil servants from central government agencies appear to be enrolled. Researchers at CSIS have raised concerns about what they call a normalization of militarization, with military involvement expanding into civilian administrative spaces , which frames why this policy matters for civil-military boundaries in Indonesia.