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Formed in 1989, the group prosecutes special operations and counter-terrorism operations in the maritime domain, with capabilities of being deployed from the sea, air, and land. [4] Due to the sensitive nature of their operations, their size and the identities of their operators are kept classified.
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.
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 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.
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 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 ...
Despite being a uniformed service under the Home Team umbrella organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs as opposed to the Ministry of Defence as in the case of the SAF, the Singapore Civil Defence Force also trains specialist cadets known as fire & rescue specialists upon graduation from the Section Commander Course (SCC) administered by the Civil Defence Academy's Command & Staff ...
Singapore Armed Forces Ranger Course (SAF RC), 65 days long, is the toughest small unit leadership course in the SAF, with intense combat leadership training focused on small-unit-tactics. [6] First conducted in 1978, it is now conducted annually at Pasir Ris Camp with a limited number of slots open for application to not only Commandos, but ...