He briefly served as the education director at the army infantry center before studying again at the Joint Command and General Staff College from 1978 until 1979.

Alip was investigated by the human rights commission for his alleged involvement in the massacre in 2000, but he was not found guilty.

The assistant for operations to the army chief of staff, I Putu Sukreta Suranta, appointed Alip as his deputy after his departure from Yogyakarta.

[8] After three years serving in the army headquarters as deputy assistant for operations, on 15 January 1991 Alip was appointed the chief of staff of the Wirabuana Military Regional Command, which covers the Sulawesi island.

On the same year, his daughter Liliek Herawati became a member of the People's Representative Council from Central Java.

As the anti-Suharto movement began to grow larger during that time, Alip was accused of nepotism by the anti-regime demonstrators.

[10] He himself became sympathetic to the movement and began demanding Harmoko, the pro-Suharto Golkar leader, to resign from his position.