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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.
HQ 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade (HQ 7 SIB) [2] 3rd Guards Battalion (3 GDS) [2] Bedok Fitness and Conditioning Centre (Bedok FCC) [3] Clementi Camp: Clementi: HQ 2nd People's Defence Force (HQ 2 PDF) [4] Island Defence Training Institute (IDTI) [5] 8th Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (8 SIR) [citation needed] Depot Road Camp: Bukit Merah
Singapore Army [18] Chua Eng Khim Commander, 2nd People's Defence Force Command / Island Defence Task Force Signals: 5 July 2024 PPA(P), PPA(G) (COVID-19), PBS: Fairoz Bin Hassan Commander, 9th Division / Chief Infantry Officer Guards: 9 September 2024 PPA(G) Wong Pui Chuan Chief Guards Officer / Commander, 21st Division / Joint Task Force 18 ...
Lim enlisted in the SAF in December 1990 and was commissioned as a Guards officer in August 1991. He served as the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion Singapore Guards from 2003–2005, the Commander of the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade in 2009, the Commander of the 3rd Division from 2011–2013, and the Chief of Staff (General Staff) from 2013–2014.
1st Guards Brigade; 2nd Guards Brigade; 3rd Guards Brigade; 4th Guards Brigade; 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1941-1945 (later 5th Guards Brigade) 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945 (later 6th Guards Brigade) 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) 22nd Guards Brigade; 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade 1941-1945
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).
They initiated operations to provide round-the-clock protection of key military and civilian installations around Singapore. [2] In 2010, the IDHQ became the Island Defence Task Force (IDTF) and the 1st Singapore Infantry Brigade (1 SIB) was created, taking command of the 6th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Singapore Infantry Regiment (SIR).
Infantry is the largest formation of the Singapore Army, comprising six active battalions—the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Singapore Infantry Regiment (SIR)—based in Clementi Camp, Kranji Camp III, Maju Camp, Mandai Hill Camp, Selarang Camp and, an undisclosed number of reservist battalions.