Boot Camp

Athletes receive military training­—in theory for character building that consists of nationalistic awareness and discipline.

May 18, 2011

THERE was something different about the player candidates of the PSSI U-23 national soccer team, last Wednesday. They were in the field of the Education Center for Special Forces, Batujajar, West Bandung regency, but they were not practicing soccer, instead they were undergoing military training just like soldiers do. Even their camouflaged uniforms complete with numbered helmets were similar to those of Indonesia’s Special Forces.

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