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The Singapore Army is the land service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The largest of the four branches of the SAF, the Singapore Army traces its origins to the 1st Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (1 SIR), which was formed in 1957, when Singapore was still under British colonial rule.
Personnel Command (PERSCOM) is the executive command for the manpower operations of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and shared services between the SAF and Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). In peacetime, PERSCOM performs human resources administrative functions for the SAF and MINDEF, including office administration, documentation and records keeping.
The Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI, Chinese: 士官与准尉学院, Malay: Institut Pakar Dan Pegawai Waran, Tamil: நிபுணதது் வ, வாரண் ட் அதிகாரி கழகை்) [2] is the military training centre for warrant officers, specialists (non-commissioned officers) and military experts of the Singapore Armed Forces.
Singapore is part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements, whose other members include the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia. Designed to replace the former defence role of the British in Singapore and Malaysia, the arrangement obliges members to consult in the event of external threat against Malaysia and Singapore.
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has five rank schemes for active and reservist personnel, with a sixth for the auxiliaries of the SAF Volunteer Corps.The SAF has a unique rank structure as an integrated force, ranks are the same in the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), and the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS).
As the Singapore Armed Forces expanded, the School of Infantry Section Leaders (SISL) was established on 1 October 1970 [1] with a 21-week training course for NCOs. In 1979, after the military training system underwent a restructuring, high-performing SISL trainees were selected to undergo further training at the Officer Cadet School to become ...
The 9th Division was formed on 1 October 1978 as a reserve division to manage and train reservist units before it became a combined arms division on 31 March 1992. [3] [4] On 1 January 1995, the 9th Division was restructured to include both active and reservist personnel.
The Enlistment Act 1970 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that caters for the enlistment of persons in the Singapore Armed Forces.The law repeals the Singapore Army Act and People's Defence Force Act of 1965 and is designed specifically to subject enlisted personnel under military law during the period of enlistment and service.