Shiver me timbers! Our RSN is playing Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet of the African Seas for a while and our mateys are going to use the Protector's Typhoon to frak some Jack Sparrows - except that those AK-47 totting pirates don't have parrots on their shoulders, pegged legs, don't like to say Yo Ho Ho and are totally not cool like the Pirates of the Caribbean Arrrrh. RSN FTW
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July 31, 2009
S'porean to lead flotilla
By Jermyn Chow
A SINGAPOREAN navy officer will take charge of an international anti-piracy patrol coalition to curb the escalating violence off the waters of Somalia.
The commander, who will be assisted by other officers from the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) officers, will lead the Combined Task Force (CTF) 15 from next January for three months.
This is the first time a Singaporean is commander of a multinational peace support mission since Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF's) Brigadier-General Tan Huck Gim was appointed the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (Unmiset) in 2002.
Currently, the flotilla is being led by the Turkish navy.
The Singaporean naval officer, who has not yet been selected, will be commanding more than seven navy vessels that come from countries including the United States, South Korea and Australia.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced the deployment on Friday at the Changi Naval Base.
He paid tribute to the 296 men and women who were back from their three-month stint in the Gulf. They worked onboard the Landing Ship Tank (LST) RSS Persistence, with two Super Puma helicopters.
During their watch over the pirate-infested waters, they responded to 57 calls for assistance and launched 80 helicopter sorties.
'The dedication, hard work and sheer determination of each member of the Task Group has made this mission a success for Singapore.'
For their tour of duty, members of the team were awarded the SAF Overseas Service Medal.
At Friday's event, DPM Teo, who is also Defence Minister, said the deployment put paid to the SAF's ability to integrate its forces on land, air and sea.
'This demonstrates that the third-generation SAF is versatile, creative and operationally ready, capable of rapidly mobilising a wide spectrum of skills and resources to accomplish a wider spectrum of missions,' he said.
Showing posts with label singapore military. Show all posts
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Welcome to MilitarySg
I've been writing my blog on my experiences as an ex-reservist conscript in the Lion City and am delighted to be collaborating with my bro, TVD here on this blog about defence related issues in the Lion City.
This is a site by those of us who have an interest, passion and real experience serving in the Singapore Armed Forces for duty, honour and country.
Feel free to comment but blog trolls' comments will be terminated with extreme prejudice.
Gentlemen, watch your front.
Magazine of 30 rounds load.... and READY!
Own-time-own-target, carry on.
Majullah Singapura.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Stand By Religion
Stand by one's religion or the inspection of religion in the SAF? This has been going on for some time and there are a few versions to this story and the thingy is where the SAF should draw the line in the sand that religion can be an excuse e.g. Sikhs can wear turbans (but not any rainbow colour and must have the ward off evil spirits blessed insignia in front like a beret).
Some people think that Madana is chao keng and that his malingering is uber lame. I don't think it is that simple. SAF pushing that it is a case of clear insubordination. Not that simple either. However, daddy and son were trying to blow the issue up into SAF against Hindus. Naughty naughty. Some Hindu bodies stepped in and objectively distanced themselves a bit from the case instead of circling the wagons blindly. Kudos to that. Anyway, the SAF is a big bad rigid behemoth, and asking it to bend over via a web campaign outside of chain of command is a lost cause right from the time of its net open mob.
July 25, 2009
NSman drops protest
Teen punished for disobeying orders despite counselling
By Melissa Sim
A FULL-TIME national serviceman, who objected to having his hair cut and refused to eat camp food, claiming it was against his religious beliefs, was charged and sentenced to five days' detention.
In response to media queries, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirmed that Private Madana Mohan Das, 18, a trainee driver, was tried on Friday for refusing orders to cut his hair according to SAF requirements and eat military food, despite being counselled and given ample opportunity to comply.
The sentence was backdated to Monday, when he was sent to the SAF Detention Barracks for repeated misconduct which undermined discipline in the SAF. He was released from detention on Friday afternoon and returned to his unit, after he complied with orders.
His father, Mr Sundar Gopal Das, described himself and his son as priests at the Sri Krishna Mandir, a Hare Krishna temple in Geylang Lorong 29.
He maintained that as priests, they could not cut all their hair and had to keep a tuft at the back of the head. As for meals, he said they could only eat food prepared at the temple as prayer offerings.
He said his son was initially allowed to keep his hair and have temple food delivered to him, but this was stopped later. While in detention Pte Madana ate only uncut fruit.
Mr Sundar said his son dropped his protest only after he found out that he could face three years in detention.
He said his son became a priest when he was 15 years old, after two years of training here. The temple is a registered society but does not come under the purview of the Hindu Endowment Board, which manages several Hindu temples and organises major Hindu festivals here.
Mr Sundar's views are also not shared by all Hindus. Mr Shriniwas Rai, the Hindu representative of the Inter-Religious Organisation in Singapore, said Hindu priests can eat food prepared outside a temple, as long as it is vegetarian. He added that priests should be trained in India, and not everyone can claim to be a priest.
Mindef said Pte Madana was treated like any other serviceman and all personnel had to follow orders and abide by rules on military turnout and bearing, and discipline. 'The SAF cannot allow deviations from its rules and regulations for any serviceman as this weakens military discipline which could compromise the SAF's operations effectiveness and safety of SAF servicemen.'
Some people think that Madana is chao keng and that his malingering is uber lame. I don't think it is that simple. SAF pushing that it is a case of clear insubordination. Not that simple either. However, daddy and son were trying to blow the issue up into SAF against Hindus. Naughty naughty. Some Hindu bodies stepped in and objectively distanced themselves a bit from the case instead of circling the wagons blindly. Kudos to that. Anyway, the SAF is a big bad rigid behemoth, and asking it to bend over via a web campaign outside of chain of command is a lost cause right from the time of its net open mob.
July 25, 2009
NSman drops protest
Teen punished for disobeying orders despite counselling
By Melissa Sim
A FULL-TIME national serviceman, who objected to having his hair cut and refused to eat camp food, claiming it was against his religious beliefs, was charged and sentenced to five days' detention.
In response to media queries, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirmed that Private Madana Mohan Das, 18, a trainee driver, was tried on Friday for refusing orders to cut his hair according to SAF requirements and eat military food, despite being counselled and given ample opportunity to comply.
The sentence was backdated to Monday, when he was sent to the SAF Detention Barracks for repeated misconduct which undermined discipline in the SAF. He was released from detention on Friday afternoon and returned to his unit, after he complied with orders.
His father, Mr Sundar Gopal Das, described himself and his son as priests at the Sri Krishna Mandir, a Hare Krishna temple in Geylang Lorong 29.
He maintained that as priests, they could not cut all their hair and had to keep a tuft at the back of the head. As for meals, he said they could only eat food prepared at the temple as prayer offerings.
He said his son was initially allowed to keep his hair and have temple food delivered to him, but this was stopped later. While in detention Pte Madana ate only uncut fruit.
Mr Sundar said his son dropped his protest only after he found out that he could face three years in detention.
He said his son became a priest when he was 15 years old, after two years of training here. The temple is a registered society but does not come under the purview of the Hindu Endowment Board, which manages several Hindu temples and organises major Hindu festivals here.
Mr Sundar's views are also not shared by all Hindus. Mr Shriniwas Rai, the Hindu representative of the Inter-Religious Organisation in Singapore, said Hindu priests can eat food prepared outside a temple, as long as it is vegetarian. He added that priests should be trained in India, and not everyone can claim to be a priest.
Mindef said Pte Madana was treated like any other serviceman and all personnel had to follow orders and abide by rules on military turnout and bearing, and discipline. 'The SAF cannot allow deviations from its rules and regulations for any serviceman as this weakens military discipline which could compromise the SAF's operations effectiveness and safety of SAF servicemen.'
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