Eastern fleet commander replaced

Sat, 22 Oct 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Slamet Soebijanto on Friday
installed Rear Adm. Waldi Murat as the new commander of the
Eastern Fleet, replacing Rear Adm. Yosafat Didi H. Purnomo.

Yosafat will fill a new post in the Indonesian Military (TNI)
headquarters as the assistant to TNI chief of general affairs for
electronic communications affairs.

Slamet said the change of guard took place when the Navy was
moving to improve the professionalism of its personnel.

"We are facing a lot of difficulties, but this should not be
an excuse to shirk our duties," Slamet said.

Despite Indonesia being an archipelagic nation, the Indonesian
Navy is considered among the weakest due to insufficient
resources and inadequate equipment. -- Antara

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