Formation of Reserve Components of the Indonesian Armed Forces

The 2010–29 State Defense Posture held by Indonesia’s MoD mandates the need of minimum essential force (MEF) in order to strengthen the military forces.8 At this point, one of the requirements of MEF that could be executed is the formation of a reserve component, which aims to strengthen the main component of national defence through the policy of upgrading human resources. [...] The disobedience to general courts has the potential to perpetuate impunity and hinder reform of military justice.11 This article emphasises on the formation of the reserve components in the Indonesian Armed Forces using the methodology of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, following up the issuance of Government Regulation No. [...] The SWOT stands for the internal strengths and weaknesses environment as well as the external opportunities and threats that the MoD faces in the formation performance of the land, sea and air reserve components. [...] The people who have the opportunity to become members of the reserve component of the MoD are those who currently form the productive workforce (over the age of 15 years) in the country. [...] As mobilisation is a political and governmental action, the statement of mobilisation— to simultaneously mobilise and use national resources and national infrastructure as a defence force in order to face any threats that endanger the unity and integrity of the nation and the survival of the Republic of Indonesia—rests in the hands of the president, with the approval of the Indonesian Parliament.