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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 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.
Hendon Camp: Changi: 1st Commando Battalion (1 CDO BN) [9] Jurong Camp I: Jurong West: HQ 3rd Division (HQ 3 DIV) [10] Jurong Camp II: Infantry Training Institute (ITI) [11] 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 ...
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 ...
Signals is the formation of the Singapore Army responsible for communications on multiple platforms and local networking on the battlefield. It also supports the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) by developing the capacity for network-centric warfare in the form of Integrated Knowledge-based Command and Control (IKC2) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) operations.
In 2001, then-President SR Nathan paid a visit to the camp to observe live-fire exercises. [2] As the Singapore Army expanded, new training centres such as the Basic Combat Training Centre, People's Defence Force Training Centre and Infantry Training Centre, were established at Pasir Laba Camp to meet the Army's training needs. On 1 July 2004 ...
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 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.