“Of all the branches of the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the Submariner.” – Sir Winston Churchill
It is with a very heavy heart that I must announce the loss of Indonesian diesel submarine KRI Nanggala 402. She is presumed to be lost with all 53 crew members onboard.
There is no military family as small and tight-knit as the Submarine Community. Regardless of political ideoliogies or geographic boundaries we all feel the loss of a single brother or sister of the ‘phin. Losing an entire boat is felt in a way I cannot put into words.
That is the reason we train so relentlessly: one mistake, one casualty could easily mean that we do not come home.
God rest the fallen shipmates, and comfort their families. 
