THE ROLE OF FLEET QUICK RESPONSE (FQR) IN GUARDING SEA SECURITY FROM CRIME ACT AT INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANE I english

Abstract

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, so the government establisheda policy to make Indonesia as the World Maritime Fulcrum, placing the maritime sector as a source of the nation's economy. This policy needs to be supported by the creation of safety shipping and maritime security. As an implementation of the responsibility and authority in supporting the program, the Indonesian Navy is demanded to be able to create a safe sea free from violations of the law at sea, having a Fleet Quick Response Team (FQR), prevent and take action against all kinds of crimes that occur in the waters area of Indonesia's national jurisdiction. The FQR action was carried out by paying attention to the speed and accuracy in tackling all violations and crimes at sea. Thus, the researchers try to illustrate how the effort to increase the role of the FQR team in order to support the tasks of the Navy Base.This research uses qualitative research methods by utilizing scientific methods in the form of interviews and direct observation on how to maintain sea security so that the sea is free from all threats of criminal acts and violations of the law in order to support the duties of the Navy. The existence of the ALKI lane carries various potential security and defense vulnerabilities, both in the form of military threats from other countries that use ALKI as a commercial shipping lane and other vulnerabilities, such as pollution of the marine environment, smuggling, piracy, terrorism, human trafficking, infiltration, and domestic shipping disturbances. Preparedness, speed of the element of impromptu as well as the accuracy of actions in the operation became the key to the success of the FQR task.