This study aims to analyze the efforts of the Navy in empowering fishermen as a national defense reserve component. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, with the research site located at Navy Basecamp V Surabaya. Data collection is done by interview, observation and documentation study, while the analysis of research data using the inductive data analysis model according to Milles & Michael. The results showed that so far the efforts made by the Indonesian Navy in empowering fishermen were still limited to fishing counseling, sea law socialization and regional social activities. Lantamal V Surabaya needs to carry out concrete efforts in order to prepare fishermen as a national defense reserve component. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a pattern of empowering fishermen to become agents of national defense, especially in terms of carrying out surveillance functions in support of the tasks of the Navy in the defense of sea dimensions.
