[Running Man Special Exo Sub Indo
Saija Grzegorek
Approximately 200 U.S. and Republic of Korea special operations forces personnel participated in a static-line Airborne training operation today as part of Korea Flying Training 24, a combined ROK and U.S. exercise running April 12-26.
The jumpers, assigned to the ROK Special Warfare Command and U.S. Special Operations Command Korea, landed in a drop zone at Osan Air Base. They were carried by eight aircraft, including U.S. C-17s, ROK and U.S. C-130s, and ROK CASA 235s, working in concert to complete the jump training.
The successful, routine event required months of deliberate planning between personnel at the tactical and operational levels. The desired training objectives focused on the proficient integration of joint and combined forces, credibly preparing them to defend the Republic of Korea against belligerent aggression while maintaining stability in Northeast Asia.
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Kenyan Wiliam Chebor and Ethiopian Muly Seyfu, may have won the elite men and women categories respectively, but the marathon story was told by the thousands of amateurs who took to the street very early that morning. Running has become a big lifestyle sport in recent years in Indonesia, especially in big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, and Denpasar. In 2013 alone, 32 running events were registered for the greater Jakarta area, mostly over five and ten kilometre distances. They drew crowds of five to ten thousand participants each. In many cases, organisers had to close registration before the scheduled date to avoid oversubscription. This new craze for running might seem like an unlikely place to find politics, but sport is deeply poiltical in Indonesia.
Among the sweaty crowds taking part in some of these runs were household names in Indonesian entertainment, business, and even politics. A number of TV soap stars, singers, and talk show hosts confess to being converts to the sport. Sandiaga Uno, owner of Mandala airlines and Saratoga Capital, has gone as far as establishing a running club called IndoRunners whose membership is now over 2000. With youthful looks, the title of one of the richest men in Indonesia, and several world-famous marathons under his belt, he has become an effective campaigner for the sport.
If you have been to Jakarta, all this enthusiasm about running might sound rather absurd. Only ten per cent of the city, less than 3000 hectares, is open green space, and fewer than 15 parks are fit for running, in a city of 10 million people. The legendary Jakarta traffic jams, not to mention air pollution, are enough to deter most runners from venturing onto paved roads. Air-conditioned shopping malls fare much better in the struggle for space and shopping is a favourite pastime here. So where does this all come from?
The present running bug is different from the previous in two meaningful respects. Firstly, the bug is not controlled by one institution, let alone one person. Now we see the Bank Mandiri Run, the University of Indonesia Run, the Armed Forces Anniversay Run: in short, all manner of institutions are jumping on the running bandwagon. Secondly, running events take place in the urban street that has been turned into a stage of popular mobilisation since Suharto fell. For the past 15 years, the space of the street has been reconstituted as a legitimate locus of political activities. Popular demonstrations involving hundreds and even thousands of people take place almost every day, but the street is open not only for the overtly political. Hobby clubs and sporting events want to have a slice of the new public space as well.
Running events, in short, seem to be riding the wave of a more assertive middle-class. Once student groups, trade unions and political parties succeeded in tearing down the political and legal barriers that had separated the masses from the street. Now the middle-classes take their turn. They are certainly not fighting for freedom of speech or the right to vote. But they are demanding their rights as citizens for better public services, welfare and, crucially, access to open space and public amenities.
Together with the Bike-to-Work Movement, the Coalition of Pedestrians, the Nebengers Community (car sharing) and other similar initiatives, runners have introduced a new kind of politics. It is politics based on lifestyle choices. Some individuals might catch the running bug and add voice to their citizenship claims. Some others ride the wave for self-promotion. In whichever guise, they are running for a cause, in style.
N2 - Owing to the ethnographic project that Kirin Narayan and I have been running in India, I had to miss the memorial gatherings held in honor of Mary Steedly in San Jose and at Harvard last year (2018). Mary has mattered so much to me. For over forty years, she was a friend to whom I could always turn; and for many of those years, she was a close colleague with whom I could always trade ideas and laughs, looks of puzzlement, or the sighs of exasperation that come with being in an academic department. You would understand, then, how touched I was when Patsy, Karen, and Smita asked me to write an "afterword" for this special issue of Indonesia dedicated to remembering Mary. I, of course, said yes. Yet I am finding it impossible to write one after all. When you get right down to it, do eulogies and tributes and tears really want an "afterword"? I don't think so. Eulogies and tears want to be mimicked. They want more. They yearn to hold and spread through an audience or a crowd, and reflect the "fierce wish" of the grieving (says Elias Canetti) to find oneness with each other in mourning, and to summon the deceased back into their lives.1
AB - Owing to the ethnographic project that Kirin Narayan and I have been running in India, I had to miss the memorial gatherings held in honor of Mary Steedly in San Jose and at Harvard last year (2018). Mary has mattered so much to me. For over forty years, she was a friend to whom I could always turn; and for many of those years, she was a close colleague with whom I could always trade ideas and laughs, looks of puzzlement, or the sighs of exasperation that come with being in an academic department. You would understand, then, how touched I was when Patsy, Karen, and Smita asked me to write an "afterword" for this special issue of Indonesia dedicated to remembering Mary. I, of course, said yes. Yet I am finding it impossible to write one after all. When you get right down to it, do eulogies and tributes and tears really want an "afterword"? I don't think so. Eulogies and tears want to be mimicked. They want more. They yearn to hold and spread through an audience or a crowd, and reflect the "fierce wish" of the grieving (says Elias Canetti) to find oneness with each other in mourning, and to summon the deceased back into their lives.1
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