NEWS HEADLINES
THE SECOND ADVENTUROUS SPORTS TRAINING
DEFENCE ACADEMY, Sunday, 28 July 2019 - The Officer Cadets of Intake 18 were scheduled for another round of second adventurous sports training. For this week of week 25, all three Platoons were to go to their respective adventurous sports training on a rotated basis of every two weeks which include horse riding, kayaking and archery.
OCS INTAKE 18 ADVENTUROUS TRAINING PRESS RELEASE – KAYAK
SERASA, RBAF Watermanship Training Center, 13 July 2019-As scheduled, the OCS Intake 18 had the opportunity to take part in kayak water sports. The chosen Platoon for this sport was 2 Platoon. This is to allow Officer Cadets to experience an outdoor activity while in training. It is also a part of OCS’s CCA programme which consists of three outdoor activities; Kayak, Horse-riding and Archery. Each platoon will have their turn to experience all of these three activities by schedules. The aim of kayak activity was to expose Officer Cadets with outdoor activities offered during training as well to provide necessary skills to allow future Officer to be more competent in water sports activities.
ADVANCE OBSTACLE COURSE
DEFENCE ACADEMY, Sunday, 14 July 2019 – It was a bright and clear day for the Officer Cadets of OCS Intake 18. As scheduled for the final day of week 23 of the training program, they had the opportunity to be exposed to and learn an advanced obstacle course named High Rope which was situated at a hill top near the MT Line of Defence Academy. It consists a total of 16 obstacles of which, only four obstacles were introduced to them solely for the preparation of the Commandant’s Challenge. This will be the first time it was reopened for Officer Cadets as the High Rope was last used by Intake 14 in 2016. There is only one advanced obstacle course in RBAF and the Defence Academy is the only one that has it. The Officer Cadets of Intake 18 was privileged to be able to have this chance to experience it. For the day’s program, the Intake 18 were only exposed to four obstacles namely Traverse Jump, Abseil, Uneven Climb and Flying Fox. The PTIs guided the Officer Cadets throughout the training and emphasised on the importance of safety and the main rule was to be in complete personal protection equipment which are helmet, harness and gloves at all times whenever entering the High Rope area or zone.
OCS INTAKE 18 ADVENTUROUS TRAINING PRESS RELEASE – HORSE RIDING
OCS INTAKE 18 ADVENTUROUS TRAINING PRESS RELEASE – ARCHERY
TANAH JAMBU, Saturday, 13 July 2019 - marked another milestone for Officer Cadets specifically for 1 Platoon for being able to learn archery for the first time. The invited coaches are from Ar Rafi Archery Brunei led by the Chairman, Pg Hj Radno Tahir, assisted by the coaches namely, Pg Hj Reza Redzuan, Md Iskandar Hj Jani, Hussain Hassim, Maahyza Mahamud and Ak Zul Helmi. Before taking the first step to archery, the Officer Cadets needs to instil the intention (niat) for learning archery as it is a Sunnah that Muslims are compulsory to become proficient and expert at. Historically, before the invention of rifles and gun, archery was the main weapon that was used during Islamic battles or wars during the ancient time. There are variety of benefits mentioned by the coaches from Ar Rafi Archery Brunei such as boosting confidence, improving upper body strength, refining different skills and technique of traditional archery’s positions, flexibility, teaching the meaning of patience and also challenging ourselves beyond our comfort zone.
COMMANDING OFFICER OF OFFICER CADET SCHOOL DEFENCE ACADEMY EXERCISE PLANNING CONFERENCE WITH OFFICER CADET SCHOOL SAFTI MILITARY INSTITUTE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, Friday 12 July 2019 –Lieutenant Colonel Amirul Adly bin Haji Ali, The Commanding Officer of Officer Cadet School Defence Academy RBAF conducted the third Exercise Planning Conference for Urban Operations Training Package with Officer Cadet School SAFTI MI (Military Institute) Republic of Singapore from 9 to 12 July 2019.