42 Navy officials to retire

42 Navy officials to retire

JAKARTA (JP): Former Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Tanto
Koeswanto and 41 other high-ranking Navy officials will retire
next week.

A ceremony will be held at the Navy academy on Tuesday to
officially bid farewell to the retiring officers, Antara reported
yesterday. Navy Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Arief Kushariadi will
preside, according to Navy spokesman Col. Mualimin Santoso.

The other retiring officials include Director General of Sea
Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Rear Admiral
Soentoro, Director General of Fisheries of the Ministry of
Agriculture Rear Admiral FX Murdjijo, and Maj. Gen. Aminullah
Ibrahim, a legislator of House Commission I which oversees
defense and security.

Tanto graduated from the Navy Academy in 1964, and became Navy
chief of staff from 1993 to mid-1996 when he was replaced by
Arief.

Mualimin said at the ceremony the Navy would also welcome 148
new Navy officers who were among the 932 young officers who
graduated last month. President Soeharto inducted the young
officers in a ceremony at the Merdeka Palace on Dec. 19.

The top graduates last month were Lucky Avianto from the
Military Academy, Daru Cahyo Sumirat from the Navy Academy,
Wastum from the Air Force Academy and Johhny Eddison Isir from
the Police Academy. (swe)