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The Guards formation was created on 1 January 1975 as the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade (7 SIB) with four officers, five specialists and a few clerks. [7] [8] 7 SIB subsequently took command of the Infantry Training Depot (ITD) on 1 January 1976 and the 7th Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (7 SIR) and 8th Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (8 SIR) on 9 February 1976.
Training Safety; The competition was started for active SAF units in 1969, before being extended to the reservist units (now known as NS units) in 1993. These units are conferred their awards at the annual Singapore Armed Forces Day parade. The types of units that participate include: Singapore Infantry Regiment (SIR) Singapore Combat Engineers ...
Basic Military Training Centre School II (BMTC School 2) Basic Military Training Centre School III (BMTC School 3) Rocky Hill Camp: Basic Military Training Centre School IV (BMTC School 4) Maju Camp: Clementi: 9th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (9 SIR) [22] HQ 24th Singapore Infantry Brigade (HQ 24 SIB) [2] HQ 30th Singapore Infantry ...
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 Army Deployment Force (ADF) is a rapid deployment unit of the Singapore Army responsible for conducting counter-terrorism and expeditionary operations. It consists of only regular servicemen, primarily from the Guards formation. [1] The ADF was established in 2016, in response to modernised terrorist attacks such as the November 2015 Paris ...
When National Service was first introduced in Singapore in 1967, the physical fitness test included a 4.8 km (3.0 mi) run to be completed within 30 minutes, and the completion of a 9.6 km (6.0 mi) run within 70 minutes while wearing the skeletal battle order (a type of load-bearing equipment).
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The Singapore Combat Engineers (SCE) is a formation of the Singapore Army.Combat Engineers provide mobility by bridging gaps and clearing minefields to facilitate speedy advance of troops into enemy territory, and counter-mobility by constructing obstacles such as anti-tank ditches to impede the enemy's movement.