Dāng yīgè péngyǒu bèi wèn dào tā zhǎng dà yào gànshénme shí huídá “ABRI”, wǒmen juédé hěn jīngyà. Wǒmen dōu shì bā líng hòu. Yìnní de jūnduì suīrán rújīn yǐ gēngmíng wèi “TNI”, dànshì zài sū hā tuō zhízhèng qíjiān, tāmen jiào “ABRI”. Nàgè shíhòu duì wǒmen huárén lái shuō, yǒuyī fèn hé zhèngfǔ xiāngguān de gōngzuò shífēn hǎnjiàn.
Jǐ nián hòu, wǒ de péngyǒu jìnrùle
Taruna Nusantara xuéxiào, nà shì yī suǒ wèiyú mǎ gé lǎng de bàn jūnshì huà de gāozhōng. Zhè suǒ xuéxiào de hěnduō bìyè shēng dōu chéngwéile jūnrén. Wǒ dì nàgè péngyǒu bìyè hòu, yě céngjīng shēnqǐng jiārù jūnduì, dànshì bèi jùjuéle. Tā fǎndào jìnrù dàxué, bìyèle hòu chéngwéile yī míng yīshēng.
Yòuguòle jǐ nián, jūnduì zhēngzhào xiàng yīshēng, diànqì gōngchéngshī děng zhèyàng de zhuānyè rénshì. Bùyòng shuō, wǒ nà péngyǒu yòu qù shēnqǐngle. Ér zhè cì tāmen tōngguòle tā de shēnqǐng.
Tā méiyǒu lìkè kāishǐ shàngbān. Tā xūyào jīngguò yángé de tǐnéng xùnliàn, měitiān xùnliàn qíjiān bìxū tízhe gè sānshí gōngjīn zuǒyòu de wǔqì. Tāmen bìng méiyǒu rènhé de xièdài. Tā de yīgè tóngshì, yěshì tōngguò “zhuānyè rénshì” bàomíng jìnrù de jūnduì, hòulái yīnwèi shǒuliúdàn bàozhà shīqùle yī zhǐ gēbó.
Zài wǒ zhè wèi péngyǒu fàngjià de shíhòu, wǒ jiàn dàole tā. Yīnwèi tā qiàhǎo jiù zài wǒ nà shí jūzhù de chéngshì shòu xùn. Gāng kāishǐ wǒ méi rèn chū tā. Tā yuánxiān bǐjiào shòu, diǎnxíng de zhōngguó liǎn (nǐmen kěyǐ zài Youtube shàng kàn kàn zhòng guó xìjù, tā hé xìjù lǐ de dànjué er zhǎng dé jīhū yīmúyīyàng), pífū báibái de. Dànshì zhè cì zàijiàn dào tā de shíhòu, tā yǐjīng biàn chéngle shēncái jiànměi, pífū yǒuhēi de jīròu xíng nán. Dāng yīgèrén shēncái biàn dé nàme jiànměi, tā de xiàbā hé quán gǔ yě huì biàn dé... Zěnme shuō, xiàntiáo gèngjiā túchū, zhěng zhāng liǎn dūhuì suí zhī gǎibiàn.
"Wǒ jiǎnzhí rèn bù chū nǐle!" wǒ jīng hū. Zhīqián tā "hāi" "hāi" de jiàole wǒ hǎojǐ biàn, wǒ dū méi lǐ tā, wǒ hái yǐwéi shìgè suíyì zhǎo rén dāshàn de jiāhuo.
Yǒuqù de shì, zuòwéi shíxí shēng, tā bèi cìyǔle jūnxián. Bù jìdé shì jūnshì háishì zhōngwèile. Wǒ yǐqián rènwéi xùnliàn wán hòu cái bèi shòuyǔ jūnxián, dàn xiǎnrán bùshì zhèyàng zi.
Hái yǒu, wǒ hěn hàoqí tāmen wèishéme jiàole yī míng yīshēng shǐyòng wǔqì. Tā gàosù wǒ, zài zhàndòu zhōng méiyǒu rén néng bǎozhèng nǐ de ānquán, zhǐ néng kào zìjǐ.
Wǒ er shí de péngyǒu wánchéng xùnliàn hòu, zhùzhá zài yìnní de dōngbù. Rúguǒ zài yǒu tā de xiāoxī, wǒ huì gàosù nǐmen de.
印尼的武装军队
当一个朋友被问到他长大要干什么时回答《ABRI》，我们觉得很惊讶。我们都是八零后。印尼的军队虽然如今已更名为《TNI》，但是在苏哈托执政期间，他们叫《ABRI》。那个时候对我们华人来说，有一份和政府相关的工作十分罕见。
几年后，我的朋友进入了
Taruna Nusantara学校，那是一所位于马格朗的半军事化的高中。这所学校的很多毕业生都成为了军人。我的那个朋友毕业后，也曾经申请加入军队，但是被拒绝了。他反倒进入大学，毕业了后成为了一名医生。
又过了几年，军队征召像医生，电气工程师等这样的专业人士。不用说，我那朋友又去申请了。而这次他们通过了他的申请。
他没有立刻开始上班。他需要经过严格的体能训练，每天训练期间必须提着个三十公斤左右的武器。他们并没有任何的懈怠。他的一个同事，也是通过《专业人士》报名进入的军队，后来因为手榴弹爆炸失去了一只胳膊。
在我这位朋友放假的时候，我见到了他。因为他恰好就在我那时居住的城市受训。刚开始我没认出他。他原先比较瘦，典型的中国脸（你们可以在Youtube上看看中国戏剧，他和戏剧里的旦角儿长得几乎一模一样），皮肤白白的。但是这次再见到他的时候，他已经变成了身材健美，皮肤黝黑的肌肉型男。当一个人身材变得那么健美，他的下巴和颧骨也会变得。。。怎么说，线条更加突出，整张脸都会随之改变。
「我简直认不出你了！」我惊呼。之前他《嗨》《嗨》的叫了我好几遍，我都没理他，我还以为是个随意找人搭讪的家伙。
有趣的是，作为实习生，他被赐予了军衔。不记得是军士还是中尉了。我以前认为训练完后才被授予军衔，但显然不是这样子。
还有，我很好奇他们为什么教了一名医生使用武器。他告诉我，在战斗中没有人能保证你的安全，只能靠自己。
我儿时的朋友完成训练后，驻扎在印尼的东部。如果再有他的消息，我会告诉你们的。
indonesian armed forces
As 90's children we were surprised upon hearing one of us answered 'ABRI' when asked what he aspired to be when he grow up. ABRI was the name of Indonesian Armed Force back then. The current name is TNI. This was during Soeharto's reign, it was uncommon for us ethnic Chinese people to have a job that's related to the government.
Fast forward a few years, my friend enrolled in
Taruna Nusantara, a semi military high school in Magelang. Many of the school's graduate become armed forces. When he graduated from this school, he applied to be one, but was rejected. He studied to be a doctor instead.
Fast forward a few years again, the armed forces opened a recruitment for practicing professional, for example doctors, electrical engineers, etc. Needless to say my friend applied. This time he was accepted.
He didn't start working right away. He was trained physically, needing to carry 30-ish kg of weapon everyday during training. They didn't tone down a bit. One of his colleague, also recruited from 'civilian practicing professional', lost a hand from a grenade explosion.
I met this friend of mine when he was having a day off. He was trained in the same city I happened to be staying in. At first I didn't recognize him. He went from a skinny, oriental-faced (see Chinese opera on Youtube, that was what his face looked like), white-skinned guy to a ripped and dark-skinned man. When one got that ripped, his jaws also changed to be... IDK, more protruding, his cheekbone showing, his overall face changed.
"They sure beat the Chinese out of you!" I exclaimed. He had been calling me 'hey, hey' a few times but I ignored him, I thought it was another random guy catcalling.
The interesting thing was, during this training he's been been assigned a rank, a sergeant or an lieutenant, I don't remember, something that ends with ~ant. I thought ranks were given on the end of the training. Apparently it's not.
I was also curious why would they train a doctor to bear arms. He answered that in the battlefield nobody can guarantee your safety, so one must be able to protect him/herself.
My childhood friend finished his training and was sent to serve at east of Indonesia. It's been a few years now. I'll write more if I hear from him again.
