NEWS HEADLINES
OCS INTAKE 18 END OF GENERIC TERM DINNER NIGHT
TANAH JAMBU, Defence Academy, Friday 9 August 2019- Following the End of Generic Term Parade, the Officer Cadet School (OCS) of Intake 18 hosted their first formal dinner in conjunction with their end of Generic Term where it mimics the concepts of a Regimental Dinner as in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). The event took place at the Officer Cadet’s Mess Hall at about 1930 hours. Present as the Guest of Honor was the Acting Commanding Officer of OCS, 724 Major Muhammad Ghazali bin Haji Husin who was welcomed by the Acting Intake Commander, 823 Major (U) Awg Md Yusra bin Jafar. Also present were Officers of the School. The event began with the arrival of the Guest of Honor followed by a light refreshment prior to a photo session with the Guest of Honor at the Mess Hall 1 of the Officer Cadet’s Mess.
OCS INTAKE 18 END OF GENERIC TERM PARADE
TANAH JAMBU, Defence Academy, Friday 9 August 2019 – Today marked a new milestone for the Intake 18 of the Officer Cadet School (OCS) as the Parade for the end of Generic Term took place at the Parade Square of the Defence Academy, Tanah Jambu.
THE COMMANDANT’S CHALLENGE
TUNGKU BEACH, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 – The Commandant’s Challenge for OCS Intake 18 started at the Tungku Beach at around 0001 hours, 31 July 2019. The Challenge covered a total distance of about 22 kilometeres which stretched from the shoreline of the Tungku Beach area to the finishing line at firing field area in Berakas Camp. The Commandant’s Challenge was one of the prestigious Challenges for the Officer Cadet School after The CO’s Challenge which was held earlier and The Commander’s Challenge which will be held tentatively during the final term of the OCS course.
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.