State Defense Program in Indonesia

                                                     State Defense Program in Indonesia
                                                               By David Raja Marpaung

Discourse to defend the state in the midst of the country's security conditions conducive as it is now always associated with a motivation to strengthen the sense of nationalism and patriotism of Indonesian citizens. The Government plans to require citizens to participate in defending the country. Civilians will be trained by the military in order to improve the ability to defend the country.

In Law 1945 Article 30 states that every citizen has the right and duty to participate in the defense of state enterprises.Defending country is embodied in the administration of national defense. In Act No. 3 of 2002 on National Defence outlined more clearly on the form of defending the country, namely the implementation of state defense. Indonesian National Army is a major component in the defense system of the country are supported by spare parts and support components

Civil society in the national defense system be used as a component of reserves because it has been prepared to enlarge and strengthen the power and capabilities of the main components. Within this framework defending the country that mobilizes the involvement of civilians discourse. Defending countries are not solely created to involve the civil society into a military function, but as reserves that have been prepared to defend the country.

Cadre formation program to defend the country shall be the duty of citizens participate in maintaining and defending the country. The Ministry of Defense in the next 10 years will prepare a cadre of 100 million people to defend the country to strengthen the defense system of the country. In addition to coming from a variety of ages, civil defense cadres will also be composed of various elements of the profession and educational background, including among students. Currently, the strength of Indonesia's defense ranks 12th in the world. With the establishment of cadres to defend this country, in the next 10 years, Indonesia is expected to be in the top 10 defense forces of the world.

For the sake of defending the country's training, every year the Ministry of Defence will provide training for a month to the 4,500 volunteers who will be the coach of defending the country's core. After the training, they will return to their respective areas to train the cadres in the area. For cadres not core trainers, the training lasted only five days. Budget-related training to defend the country, the Directorate General of Potential Defense Ministry of Defence which is responsible for defending the country held a seminar allocated a budget of Rp 45 billion for 4,500 cadres training to defend the country in 2015. In 2016, the budget will be increased to Rp 18.1 billion in line with the start of training in the Education and Training Center in District State Defense Rumpin, Bogor, West Java. The fund is intended to support the operational needs of education, such as the creation of curriculum and syllabus.

Lastly, build communities to come together to love the homeland will not be effective if it relies on the individual's role. Collectivity is the key to effectiveness in the face of national challenges, both from within and outside the country. Training defending the country, therefore, can be considered necessary. In this context, the National Resilience Institute as a non-ministerial government institution actually has long been conducting in-depth review of the strategic assessment of national security and stabilization of values ​​of Indonesian nationality. Lemhamnas can be the best teacher defending the country, while Kemenhan reasonably create more models and concepts that involve every component of the nation, such as students, community organizations, institutions of higher education, professional organizations, and industry. Kemenhan can act as an intellectual institution that emphasizes togetherness method.