NEWS HEADLINES
EXERCISE FIRST STRIKE FOR OCS INTAKE 18
TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 26 April 2019 – Yesterday marked the end of the Ex Section Battle Drill (SBD), also known as Exercise First Strike, held at Pasir Putih, for the officer cadets of Intake 18. Ex First Strike was an exercise aimed to develop the cadets’ command and leadership skills in a challenging tactical exercise and develop the cadets’ understanding of basic tactics while establishing the basis for future tactical exercises. At the same time, developing command and leadership skills as well as, a confirmatory assessment of basic military skills. The exercise went on for one night and two days. They were divided into two groups where Group A with a total of 43 OCdts, consisting of Section 1 and 2 from Platoon 1 and 2 and Section 1 from Platoon 3, was deployed on Tuesday and had their Ex First Strike the next day, while Group B, consisting of the remaining sections of 34 OCdts, finished theirs yesterday.
OFFICER CADET APPOINTMENT HOLDER CEREMONY FOR THE 18th INTAKE, OFFICER CADET SCHOOL DA RBAF
TANAH JAMBU, Monday, 18 March 2019 – Officer Cadet School today held a ceremony to appoint the Officer Cadet that was selected to hold a leading role within the 18th Intake. The ceremony was held at the Officer Cadet School (OCS) Mess Hall of the Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces (DA RBAF), Tanah Jambu. 23 Officer Cadets were appointed to be Cadet rank holder for the 18th intake. The rank given were one Officer Cadet Warrant Officer (OCdt WO), one Officer Cadet Staff Sergeant (OCdt SSgt), 3 Officer Cadet Sergeants (OCdt Sgt), 9 Officer Cadet Corporal (OCdt Cpl) and 9 Officer Cadet Lance Corporal (OCdt LCpl).
APPOINTMENT CEREMONY FOR THE 18th INTAKE, OFFICER CADET SCHOOL DA RBAF
TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 14 March 2019 – Appointment ceremony for the Probationary Officer Cadet of Intake 18 was held today at the Ceremonial Hall of the Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces (DA RBAF), Tanah Jambu. By the consent of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, 82 Probationary Officer Cadets were appointed to be Officer Cadets. Present to award the new insignias was the Commander of the RBAF, Yang Mulia Major General Pengiran Dato Paduka Seri Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud.
PASSING OUT PARADE OF PROBATIONARY OFFICER CADETS OF INTAKE 18 OFFICER CADET SCHOOL
TANAH JAMBU, Thursday 14 March 2019 – A Passing Out Parade was held this morning at Defence Academy RBAF Parade Square, Tanah Jambu. 82 Probationary Officer Cadets marched into the parade grounds of Defence Academy RBAF, marking the end of their 6-weeks of initial basic military training phase.
HIS MAJESTY SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GRACES THE SOVEREIGN’S PARADE FOR THE 17th INTAKE OF OFFICER CADETS
TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 17 January 2019 - His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Minister of Defence and Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) consented to grace the Sovereign’s Parade Ceremony for the 17th intake of officer cadets, held at the Parade Square of the Defence Academy RBAF in Kampung Tanah Jambu.
NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF INTAKE 17 HELD A REGIMENTAL DINNER
TANAH JAMBU, Friday, 18 January 2019– In conjunction with the Officer Cadet School Intake 17 Sovereign’s Parade, the newly commissioned officers held a regimental graduation dinner night at the Ceremonial Hall, Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF).