| Summary: | This study, which is entitled the perception of student regiments of the conscription in
the context of state defence, aims at finding out the student regiments' perception of the
conscription and the factors promoting it as well as the strategy of conscription in Indonesia.
This study uses survey method with quantitative descriptive analysis approach. The author
examines the student regiments� perception of the conscription in the framework of national
defense, case study on the student regiments in the University of Gadjah Mada and in the
University of Indonesia.
The study reveals that, based on the perception of the student regiments, the compulsory
military service certainly needs to be enforced in Indonesia, as the country is having
insufficient main componentsfor defense. The factors contributing to the enforcement of
conscription in Indonesia isthe nationalism spirit, the presence of threat to the country and the
need to protect its natural resources from other countries. Meanwhile, according to the
student regiments, the appropriate conscription strategy should be enforced for Indonesian
citizens aged from 19 to 30 years old, with the duration of services ranging from 3 or 4
months up to 1 year in the form of military and morale trainings.
The study concludes that thestudent regiment,as a young generation that plays a strategic
role, has a perception that conscription needs to be enforced even though it is not direly
needed. The enforcement of compulsory military service may be driven by several factors,
among which are nationalism and threats.
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