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The Officer Cadet School (OCS, Chinese: 见习军官学府, Malay: Sekolah Pegawai Kadet, Tamil: பயிற்சி அதிகாரிப் பள்ளி) [3] is a military training centre that trains commissioned officers for the four branches of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF): the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Digital and Intelligence Service.
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.
The Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) is a military training facility of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). It comprises five schools organised into three camps, of which two are based on Pulau Tekong , an island off the northeast coast of mainland Singapore, while the third camp is in Kranji in northwest Singapore.
The Officer Cadet School within the SAFTI Military Institute as seen from the northwest.. Although the SAFTI Military Institute is an amalgamated institution, it draws much of its heritage from the original Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (SAFTI), which was officially opened on 14 February 1966 at Pasir Laba Camp.
30th Battalion Singapore Combat Engineers (30 SCE) [2] Kaki Bukit Camp: Kaki Bukit: SAF Driving School [12] Keat Hong Camp: Tengah: HQ 8th Singapore Armoured Brigade (HQ 8 SAB) [2] 40th Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment (40 SAR) [citation needed] 41st Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment (41 SAR) [13] Khatib Camp: Yishun
Under the Singapore Armed Forces Act, [60] the president of Singapore has the authority to raise and maintain the SAF. The president also has the power to form, disband or amalgamate units within the SAF. The Armed Forces Council (AFC) administers matters relating to the SAF under the Singapore Armed Forces Act. The AFC consists of:
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 Singapore Army's first armour unit, the 41st Singapore Armoured Battalion (41 SAB), was created in Keat Hong Camp in November 1968. In 1969, the Army purchased V-200 Commando vehicles and AMX-13 tanks, and equipped a newly formed armour unit, the 40th Battalion (40 SAB), with the AMX-13 tanks, [4] while the V-200 Commando vehicles were shared between 41 SAB and 40 SAB.