Again !! Indonesia hold overall winner in AASAM 2011

AASAM shoot competition (Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting) was held on December 6 to 22 May 2011 in the Combined Arms Training Center, Headquarters Australian Army, at Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia.

This international competition was followed by several countries such as Indonesia, Netherlands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, Canada, France, New Zealand, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and the United States.

In the final round of competition, Malaysia became the strongest opponent of Indonesia, but the First Sergeant Poltak Siahaan and Corporal two Woli Hamsan won seven gold medals, 9 silver medals and 5 bronze medals which Indonesia outperformed participants from other countries. Even the Indonesian participants get praise from several other participating countries as claimed by the participants from the Netherlands Good score! Indonesia have the best score then the of other countries.

This year the Army was challenged to not use a gun ST1. Yet not a difficulty for the army. Armed with a pistol type of Brownings Australia though, Indonesia is still superior in this category. One participant from Australia said : Its not about the gun, but its all about the man behind the gun.. This shows the quality of Army sniper.

This annual competition not only provide useful experience for the Army, but also can provide an opportunity for the Army team to measure the ability of teams from other countries, as expressed by Woli, winner of the competition in the individual category in 2009 and this year.

Colonel Geoff Stacey, which is one of Australias finest shooters also praised the team from Indonesia We all have done very well but Indonesia have done the best out of all. theyve done very well in the competition and They are very professional.