NEWS HEADLINES
THE 58TH ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
MINDEF BOLKIAH GARISSON, Sunday, 30 June 2019. The Officer Cadet School (OCS) of Intake 18 attended the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) 58th Anniversary celebration. The main event was the grand parade which was participated by units from the Royal Brunei Land Force, Royal Brunei Air Force, Royal Brunei Navy and the “Regimen Pasukan Khas” (RPK) as well as the Women Military Personnel. Another main event awaited by the public was the beret handover of His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen which was officiated by His Majesty to signify him as a new member of the Special Force. Following the beret handover event was the Arena performance by the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Personnel followed by the static display. The objective for OCS to attend the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary Celebration was to give a broad understanding and exposure to Officer Cadet about the Royal Brunei Armed Forces identitites, roles and capabilities. The aim was to relate all the theories and practicals they all had learned into practice during the exhibition and static displays.
CO CHALLENGE
TANJUNG BATU, Thursday, 20 June 2019 – The Officer Cadet School (OCS) Commanding Officer’s (CO’s) Challenge took place yesterday morning. The event was officially launched with the deployment of the first group of Officer Cadets at around 0600 hours to Tanjung Batu which stretched along the shoreline of Meragang Beach. The last Section to end the challenge was at 1900 hours in the OCS compound. The CO’s Challenge is one of the iconic and prestigious challenges that usually took place in the Generic Term of the OCS Course. This will sequentially be followed by the Commandant’s Challenge and the Commander’s Challenge.
DEFENCE ACADEMY CELEBRATED NUZUL AL-QURAN
TANAH JAMBU, Friday, 24 May 2019 – The Nuzul Al-Quran for 1440 Hijrah was celebrated at a national level on 22 May 2019. The Defence Academy was no exception: this morning, the Defence Academy of Royal Brunei Armed Forces celebrated the Nuzul Al-Quran at the Asy-Syuhada Surau. The event was attended by the Chief Instructor of Defence Academy, Lieutenant Colonel Pengiran Muhammad Shamsul Redza bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Tengah as the Guest of Honour. Also present to liven the celebration were senior officers, officers, personnel of Defence Academy and the officer cadets of Intake 18.
TAHLIL RECITAL TO AND FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES PART 2
Defence Academy, Friday, 17 May 2019 – Seven years have passed since the helicopter crash that tragically took the lives of 12 RBAF military personnel at Ulu Rampayoh in Mukim Labi in the Kuala Belait district. In conjunction with the holy month of Ramadhan, the Intake 18 officer cadets, once again, had the opportunity to hold a cleaning campaign and Tahlil recital to and for our fallen heroes.
INTAKE 18 NASYID COMPETITION
TANAH JAMBU, Saturday, 18 May 2019 - With the blessings of the holy month of Ramadan, Officer cadets of Intake 18 successfully held a Nasyid competition. Nasyid is a singing performance in which the songs are of religious ones. The competition was held at the Mess Hall 1 of the Officer Mess building, started at 1400H and finished at 1530H. The competition was between groups of 6 with 2 groups for every platoon and the grouping was not restricted by sections.
TAHLIL RECITAL TO AND FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES
2012 saw the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of 12 military personnel including 8 officer cadets in training. In remembrance of these fallen soldiers, on Friday afternoon of 4th Ramadhan, 1440 which corresponded to 10th May, 2019, the Officer Cadets of Intake 18 paid an honourable visit to some of their cemeteries and held a cleaning campaign and Tahlil.