 A paramilitary organization, its training and equipment is almost identical to the Indonesian Army's ("TNI-AD"), and it conventionally operates under joint military command in areas such as Papua and, until 2005, Aceh.Formed in late 1945 as a special police corps named "Pasukan Polisi Istimewa" (Special Police Troops) with the task of disarming remnants of the Japanese Imperial Army and protecting the chief of state and the capital city.Under the Japanese, it was called .