ABSTRACT
Unique amongst the naval services of the former European possessions in South-East Asia, the Indonesian Navy has never enjoyed a sympathetic client relationship with a major navy. Consequently, it has been forced to create wholly indigenous concepts of naval organization and operation with unique results, and has paid a price in making its own way. Nevertheless, a history of interrupted development and limited operational standards should not disguise the fact that the Indonesian Navy has made substantial contributions towards the survival and internal stability of the nation and that it has developed sophisticated, if not completely fulfilled concepts of its national role. As the region becomes increasingly complex and as Indonesia becomes more prosperous, the Navy will have much to do. 1
