ISSN: 2320-5407 Int. J. Adv. Res. X(X), 2889-2897 2889 Journal Homepage: - www.journalijar.com Article DOI: Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3088 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3088 RESEARCH ARTICLE INDONESIAN NATIONAL ARMY IN NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE 2004 KELUD MOUNTAIN ERUPTION. Riksani 1 , Zaenal Fanani 2 and Mukhammad Soleh 2 1. The Military District Command 0818, Malang District and Batu. 2. Magister Program of National Defense of Postgraduate Program of Brawijaya University. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Manuscript Info Abstract ……………………. ……………………………………………………………… Manuscript History Received: 03 November 2016 Final Accepted: 28 December 2016 Published: January 2017 Key words:- Indonesian Army, disaster management, Kelud mountain eruption Indonesia has been hit by several natural disasters, and Kelud mountain eruption which occurred on February 13 th 2004 was one of the heaviest natural disaster occurred in Indonesia. The result shows that anticipation, preparedness, responses and recovery are provided by the Indonesian army Kodim (The Military District Command) 0818/ Malang district and Batu in cope with managingthe natural disaster from Kelud mountain. Anticipation and preparedness include planting, fixing the drain/gutter, guiding and doing the natural disaster simulation. Meanwhile responses after Kelud mountain eruption include evacuation of victims, inventory loss, building the Aid Post, and distributing the logistics. Rehabilitation and reconstruction of facilities and infrastructures of the public interests and the people‟s properties are provided by Indonesian army as recovery action. However, the limited fund, unclear duties, limited education and training, also limited equipment become great obstacles for the successfulness of natural disaster managing. Thus, strategies in cope with solving those obstacle factors such as education and training, providing self-funding, and proposing the new regulations are discussed. Copy Right, IJAR, 2016,. All rights reserved. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Introduction: The constitution of Indonesian republic 1945 states: “… Indonesian Government protects all Indonesian people and Indonesian lands and develops the public welfares, educates the people‟s lives and joins to do the worlds‟ orders (diciplines) based on the independence and eternal peace and social justice,…” (the introduction of Indonesian constitution, 4 th paragraph), it means that Indonesian government was created to protect all Indonesian people and Indonesian lands, develops the Indonesian society‟s welfare, joins the worlds‟ order (diciplines)based on the similarities in the freedom, eternal peaces and social justice that are accepted by the societies and the world‟s nations. As one of the nation‟s components, the Indonesian National Army (TNI) has the obligation to help managing the disasters happened to the whole Indonesian areas. The aid duties to handle the natural disaster done by the Indonesian National Army (TNI) is one of the military operations other than in cope with the war (OMSP) which Corresponding Author: Riksani Address: The Military District Command 0818, Malang District and Batu