Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL)

The History of Paskal or "Pasukan Khas Laut" began in 1975, when The Royal Malaysian Navy saw a need for a security regiment trained in modern maritime warfare. It's main purpose is to protect naval bases all over Malaysia. The first batch of 30 officers, led by Captain Sutarji Kasmin (now Admiral, retired), was sent to the Malaysian Army's Special Warfare Training Center (Pusat Latihan Peperangan Khas) located at Sg Udang Military Camp, Melaka, Indonesia KOPASKA (TNI-AL/Indonesian Navy Underwater Combat Unit), Royal Marine Commando, UK and BUD-SEAL, USA. On 1st October 1980, PASKAL was officially established when the Government started to enforce the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) which covered 200 nautical miles off Malaysian waters. Other than that, there was also a requirement to protect Malaysian offshore stations near the disputed Spratly island. Therefore, "Pasukan Khas Laut" (PASKAL) an elite navy commando team was formed on 1st October 1982 that able to execute military combat in total at sea, air and land.
PASKAL has an associate training program abroad such as the SAS/UK, NGSLO , BUD/SEAL, EOD - USA, Submarine Escape - Australia, Assault Swimmer - Australia, Clearance Diver - Australia/USA, Sniper Supervisor - Australia and Mountain Climbing - France, SASR Australia etc. On 26 August 1991, the National Security Council declared NAVY PASKAL is the main task force team to neutralize any terrorist attempt against oil rigs and oil tanker/ship and to act as one of the elements in Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat (PAC) or "Immediate Response Team".Today, PASKAL is equipped with the latest and most sophisticated weaponary and gadgets, such as night vision, sub skimmer (UDV), laser-guided assault rifle etc. Today, many among military personnel in the country, laud them to be the best operative special force in the region.

On April 15, 2009, PASKAL Team Command (PTC) was officially named KD Panglima Hitam in a ceremony held at the Royal Malaysian Navy HQ in Lumut, Perak by the King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin to honour PASKAL's services to the nation. The name of KD Panglima Hitam or meaning in English as a HMS Black Knight has been inspired by His Majesty the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al Haj, Al Marhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al Haj as an Honor Navy Captain. A total of 34 names of Sultan of Perak and 56 common names have been proposed to the RMN and eventually only the three main names are considered the most feasible, it is the KD Panglima Hitam, KD Halilintar and the KD Maharaja Lela. The decision was then made to choose a name KD Panglima Hitam since it is a name synonymous with a hero who always give undivided service to defend the sovereignty and security of the Sultan, the palace and the government. Panglima Hitam is the traditional nickname awarded to proven warriors during the era of the various Malay Sultanates in Perak, Selangor and Johore is a warrior who has a mystic and very powerful in the weapon tactics, and skilled in war maneuvers.The Panglima Hitam history and myth still remains a symbol of courages and characters.



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Monday, June 9, 2008
Laksamana Pertama (B) Dr. Haji Sutarji Background
Laksamana Pertama (B) Dr Hj Sutarji bin Hj Kasmin telah dilahirkan di Selangor pada 5 Nov 1951. Beliau mula berkhidmat dalam Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) pada 1 Jan 1970. Semenjak ditauliahkan pada Mei 1972, beliau telah diperjawatkan di pelbagai jawatan di laut dan di pangkalan yang antaranya ialah Pegawai Memerintah Kapal-kapal Diraja Duyong (Kapal Bantuan Penyelam), LEMBING (Kapal Ronda), KD KINABALU (Kapal Penangkis Ranjau) dan MUSYTARI (Kapal Peronda Samudera) dan PASKAL (the Pasukan Komando Tentera Laut). Beliau juga pernah diperjawatkan sebagai Pengarah Operasi Markas Angkatan Tentera Malaysia dan Komandan Maktab Pertahanan Angkatan Tentera. Beliau telah bersara daripada perkhidmatan pada 30 November 2005 Seterusnya beliau bertugas sebagai Felo Kanan di Pusat Pengajian Sejarah Politik dan Strategi, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universti Kebangsaan Malaysia pada Jun 2005 hingga Mei 2007. Pada masa yang sama, beliau bertugas sebagai pensyarah sambilan di Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) dan Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

Laksamana Pertama (B) Dr Hj Sutarji telah mengikuti pelbagai kursus di dalam dan di luar negara. Antaranya ialah Naval Special Warfare di Indonesia (1976), Riverine Warfare (1977), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (1979), Senior Officer Amphibious Planning (1987), Crisis Management (1993) and Defence Resources Management (2002) in the United States. Beliau juga telah mengikuti kursus khas melawan keganasan di US Navy BUD-SEAL Training Centre (1977), the Royal Marine’s Special Boat Squadron (1984) and Special Air Services Regiment (1984).

Dari segi akademik, beliau memilikki Sarjana Satera (Pengajian Dasar dan Keselamatan) dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1995) dan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Pengukuran Kecekapan dalam bidang Pengurusan Zon Pantai) dari Universiti Putra Malaysia (2003). Di UKM beliau mengajar pelajar-pelajar Sarjana Sains Sosial dalam bidang pemikir-pemikir strategi dan keselamatan maritim. Di UPM dan UNITEN beliau mengajar pelajar-pelajar Sarjana Pentadbiran Perniagaan dalam bidang organisasi dalam pengurusan, pengurusan strategic dan sikap dalam organisasi.

Pada tahun 2006, beliau telah mengasaskan BIZREKA SDN BHD yang memberi fokus kepada pembangunan modal insan sebagai kerjaya sampingan. Semenjak itu, beliau telah menghadiri beberapa siri kursus keusahawanan di samping dijemput untuk memberi ceramah mengenai pelbagai aspek keusahawanan yang termasuk Motivasi Sebagai Usahawan, Aplikasi Seni Peperangan Sun Tzu, Pengurusan Strategik Syarikat dan Analisis Politik dan Keselamatan Persekitaran.


Sekarang ini, beliau menjadi usahawan sepenuh masa dalam bidang Perunding Perniagaan.


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