Since the 1960's, the company has operated in a sometimes uneasy coexistence with local Papuans, as well as the military, in the restive province.
With a global recovery slowly unfolding and Indonesia's restive provinces enjoying a new calm, investors have been regaining interest in Indonesia.
Britain suffered the most, with 179 killed, since its troops were deployed in the restive southern province of Basra.
The more prestigious legions were stationed on hostile borders or in restive provinces tending to have more auxiliaries.
Whether the campaign was against a competing Kassite kingdom, a restive province or a resurgent Sealand dynasty is not disclosed.
A fairer distribution of the national wealth along with greater political empowerment could go a long way toward mollifying Indonesia's restive provinces.
Anbar, accounting for nearly a third of Iraq's territory, has long been its most restive province.
In the increasingly restive provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan, the 1-87 will be opening a new front and waging a different kind of war.
His current proposal is to send 20,000 additional troops in hopes of bringing Baghdad and the restive western provinces under control.
Last year he was made the police chief of the restive province of Papua, where he crossed swords with Indonesia's powerful military.