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December 2014 ------Issue 230 ISSUE 230 DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS FORCES THAT CONNECT | OLD ROOTS | THE FOOD OF LOVE | WHAT LEADS TO GROWTH #OurSgArmy DECEMBER 2014 - - - - - - - - ISSUE 230 IN THIS ISSUE: 10 FORCES THAT CONNECT 16 OLD ROOTS 18 THE FOOD OF LOVE AROUND OUR ARMY FEATURES 3 LIFE SAVERS 2.0 8 SAF Adventure Training 22 Fatigue - What Leads To SFCC 2014 Award Growth 4 First Time on Land - Exercise 10 Forces that Connect Bersama Lima PS (DD) visits Maju Camp 12 Attaining Business Excellence Defying Limits At The Cobra 5 Once A Gunner, Always A Challenge 13 Gunner Celebrating the Festival of Lights 16 OLD ROOTS 6 BMTC Cohort Graduation 18 The Food Of Love A Royal Visit 7 From OCT to 2LT 20 ACSB Course GKSCSC Graduation Ceremony the LIFE SAVERS 2.0 Editorial Board Story by Saravanan Munusamy / Photography by Lim Wei Jian I believe this is the best way I can contribute back to the COL Alfred Fox Editor Speaks Corps and impart my knowledge to the junior medics. COL Chua Boon Keat On 1 October, 11 Personnel from SAF and SCDF became SMTI is the training institute for all operational paramedics COL Paul Cheak t’s the last month of 2014! My, how times flies. For the 2nd Batch to graduate with a Diploma in Health many, it will the a tinme for merry-making, having in SCDF and SAF and will continue to develop paramedic LTC Dennis Oh Sciences. The graduation ceremony was held at HQ Medical holidays with the family, and spending precious time training initiatives. This diploma program has allowed SAF and CWO Ng Siak Ping Corps, Nee Soon Camp. The Guest of Honour for the event SLTC (NS) James Suresh I with loved ones. However, do spare a thought for our SCDF career paramedics to gain academic progression and MAJ (NS) Sebastian Sim soldiers who are on standby, ever ready and vigilant to was RADM (Dr) Kang Wee Lee, Chief of Medical Corps. professional upgrading. Such courses serve as opportunities ensure we can go about our lives in the way we have been accustomed to. for the Medical Military Experts to strive towards lifelong Editorial Advisor The Diploma in Health Sciences (EMS) is awarded by the learning and provide quality pre-hospital emergency care.” BG Lim Hock Yu We feature three contributed articles. Read about our soldiers from the SAF MP Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) which has an Command, the Maintainance and Engineering Support Formation on attaining the established reputation in the provision of training for Public News Crew Business Excellence Standard Award and about the Advanced Combat Skills Badge Safety and Paramedicine disciplines in the state of British Course. Editor Columbia, Canada. Besides the Diploma, the graduates are also awarded the Primary Care Paramedic certification. This Mel Ferdinands Head New Media We trace Our Army’s historical roots on pages 16-17. Not many will know that the Dyson Ang trendy Dempsey Hill once housed our Central Manpower Base some time ago! Diploma program by the SAF Medical Training Institute Deputy Editor (SMTI) and JIBC Paramedic Academy offers students Photographers Melvin Loo It is important for us to have good defence relations. We never know when we might blended learning strategies such as Simulation training, Lim Wei Liang be called upon to provide humanitarian and disaster relief assistance as we did ten years online learning and the facilitated Ambulance Practicum. Assistant Matthew Lim go when the region encountered the killer tsunami. Read more about this in our special Editor Low Kai Heng The graduates were also required to take up bioscience Aloysius Lum Jason Chua insert REMEMBERING OPS FLYING EAGLE 2004. and other academic modules at Nanyang Polytechnic Lee Xiang Rong as part of the academic requirements of the Diploma. Graphic Finally, the opportunity to wish all our readers a blessed Christmas, and a wonderful Designers year ahead. And, if you drive, and do fancy a drink, make it a hot non alcoholic one! Writers The ceremony started with the arrival of the GOH, Oon Ming Shen Koh Jian Le Leong Khee Shuen Roy Chong RADM (Dr) Kang Wee Lee, who gave an opening address Saravanan s/o Munusamy Lim Wei Jian and complimented the graduates for the hard work. Brandon Leow Jeremy Hong Melvin S Ferdinands Editor of Army News One of the graduates, ME3 Ng Jaan Woei, was elated and Ashwin Lee expressed, “I feel a sense of achievement for completing Keita Sin Facebook Representative the course and receiving my diploma JIBC. As the Course Alastair Loe PASSING ON THE BATON Commander for the Emergency Medical Technician course, November Appointment Incoming Outgoing SFCC 2014: Renewing friendships and CO / 290 SA LTC(NS) GOH KAY HONG LTC(NS) KENNETH CHIA ARMY NEWS is a monthly publication of the Singapore Army. The opinions and views in CO / 488 SAR MAJ(NS) CHIN CHEE WHYE - this newsletter are those expressed by the exchanging knowledge in counter-terrorism writers and do not reflect the official views of MAJ(NS) ROYSTEN LEE CHEE LTC HO KEE YEOW ALEX (CAH CO /735 GDS the Ministry of Defence. All rights reserved. CHOW CO) Story by Saravanan Munusamy / Photography by Leong Khee Shuen Subjected to the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1986, no part of this publication may in any form or by any means (electronic, RSM / 223 SA SWO(NS) Eric Ong Jing Ping - Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen hosted lunch for The conference brought together academic and mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced or MWO RAVICHANDRAN S/O R the heads of delegation of the participating countries military speakers , providing learning and engagement RSM / 754 SIR 3WO(NS) FOO CHEE KIM transmitted without prior written permission MARIMUTHU at the Special Forces Commanders’ Conference (SFCC) opportunities for Special Forces to strengthen multilateral from the publisher. on 15 October. The second SFCC, organised by the understanding and deepen professional knowledge. RSM / 483 SAR 3WO(NS) CHAN CHIANG LOONG - Visit us online! Singapore Armed Forces, was held from 15 to 16 October Read Army News on the internet at 1WO(NS) THENARASSU S/O RSM /286 SA 3WO(NS) TOIN WEI SHYANG and was attended by 400 participants from 15 countries. http://www.army.sg CHINNA PILLAI COMD / SAF VOLUNTEER CORPS Themed “Evolving Terrorist Threats: Challenges and Have something you wish / HD SAF VOLUNTEER AFFAIRS COL TAN CHEOW KAI - to share with us? DEPT Opportunities for Special Forces”, participants at the If you have any articles to contribute or CWO DEVENDRAN S/O S K conference shared information and their experiences in suggestions about our newsletter, contact us at : CO / SUPPLY & TPT CEN ALTI CWO CHELLAIAH PUWANTHIREN [email protected] BALASUBRANIAM special operations tactics and counter-terrorism. Speaking LTC MOHAMMED JASNI BIN at the opening ceremony, Chief of Army Major-General CO / BMTC SCHOOL 4 LTC MOHD RAMEZAN BIN JUNUS ARMY NEWS JAMALUDIN (Suggestions and Feedback) Perry Lim said, “We are constantly reminded that the 5 Depot Road, #08-10 Tower B, Defence Technology Towers, CO / 42 SAR LTC KOH TING YOU LTC NG WEI HOW security challenges continue to pervade the world and Singapore 109681 hinder peaceful development. Militaries can bring to Tel : 6277 0382/ 6277 0383 Fax : 6277 0381 CO / 737 GUARDS LTC LOW PUAY KNG (CAH) - bear their operational planning expertise, organisational strengths, and a wide variety of assets and manpower. CO / 6 ISTAR BN LTC KOH TAI WEE (CAH) LTC CHOD KAI KIONG (CAH) Due to the nature of globalisation, threats are becoming transnational in nature, and therefore to focus on one * Amendments for last issue: For the section “Passing on the Baton”, the outgoing officer for Commander 2 operational or geographic area to the neglect of another is SIB was COL Neo Chin Wee David, the outgoing officer for Commander 288 SA was SLTC Heng Meng Kwong. also untenable. Only through mutual sharing and learning The outgoing for FMN SM / HQ SA was SWO Yeo Gim Siah. We apologise for the error. can we apply more complete and effective solutions.” fb.com/oursingaporearmy @oursgarmy youtube.com/OurSingaporeArmy @oursingaporearmy thesingaporearmy.tumblr.com 3 Around Our Army First Time on Land – Exercise Bersama Defying Limits At The Cobra Challenge Story by Keita Sin / Photography by Matthew Lim physical and mental capabilities were Lima stretched beyond their limits. Story by Keita Sin / Photography by Lim Wei Jian “My team comprised men from many This year marked the inaugural land different divisions. We had members from integration exercise and was conducted the US army too”, added 1WO Ahmad by the Exercise Planning Group (EPG), Ali, Sergeant Major 63 Combat Service HQ Training & Doctrine (TRADOC) with Support Battalion (CSSB). “However, support from HQ 1 SIR and 6 DIV. Soldiers despite meeting each other for the first from the different countries were split time, we got together to understand into composite teams where they worked each other. Cohesiveness and team effort hand-in-hand. This facilitated fostering of certainly played a crucial role today.” strong relationships. The soldiers also had the experience of handling Singapore’s CPT Ong Zhen An, Assistant G3 (Step- SAR 21, as well as an Urban Operation Up), HQ 6 DIV, too said, “Although the Mission. Artillery Round Relay and Tyre Pull Relay took their toll on me, seeing “Exercise Bersama Lima has come a my teammates putting in their effort, long way. This year’s exercise continues along with the encouragement of the in this direction of strengthening joint supporters, motivated me to contribute and combined operations with the as much as I could so as to not disappoint inclusion of the land component in the The Five Power Defence Arrangement land forces.
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