The research objectives are as follows: to determine the influence of nationally minded leadership (X1) on awareness of defense of the state, to determine the influence of archipelagic insight (X2) on awareness of defense of the country, to determine the influence of nationalistic leadership and archipelago insight on state defense awareness. This research was conducted at Brawijaya Military Command Headquarters V, while the research time was carried out for 1 month at April 2018. This research uses descriptive method with quantitative approach. This method was chosen to obtain a clear and detailed picture related to the research problems and phenomena studied. The sampling technique used in this research was random sampling technique because the sample taken was 84 members of Brawijaya Headquarters Management. Data collection techniques used questionnaires, documentation, and interviews. This study uses descriptive statistical techniques. The results showed that: Based on the t test it was known that nationally minded leadership and insight into the archipelago had a significant influence on the awareness of the defense of National Army Member at Brawijaya Military Command Headquarters, as well as the results of F test found that nationally minded leadership and insight into the archipelago had an simultaneous influence on state defense awareness of the National Army Member at Brawijaya Military Command Headquarters.