Revitalization of State Defense Through Military Operations Other Than War “Civic Mission” During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to determine the revitalization of state defense through Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) "Civic Mission" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the world and Indonesia. This pandemic has made the awareness of defending the country more vulnerable, the people's thinking has transformed from collectivism to individualism so that it will threaten the existing spirit of defending the country. Every citizen is obliged to defend his country so that the survival of his nation is maintained. To defend the country is determined by how the attitude and behavior of each citizen. If citizens are active and care about the progress of their nation, the survival of their nation will be maintained. On the other hand, if citizens do not care about the problems faced by their nation, then the survival of the nation will be threatened and sooner or later the country will be destroyed. The research design used is a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. The results of this study indicate that in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia has explicitly regulated the obligations of Indonesian citizens without exception to participate in efforts to defend the country. The spirit of defending the country, one of which is the MOOTW effort which is expected to be able to internalize and inspire us as citizens to remain united during the COVID-19 pandemic.