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2021-11-15 07:00:06 [3/3] Why did he want to up-PES?

3SG Zachary Koh did BMT not once, but twice – training up to be a combat-fit soldier after he successfully applied to revise his PES E status. His efforts paid off: On 12 Nov, 3SG Koh received a Golden Bayonet award in a specialist cadet graduation parade at Pasir Laba Camp

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2021-11-15 07:00:06 [2/3] Commando NSman builds fitness community

This former Commando regular wears a weighted vest that looks like a Load Bearing Vest, and goes on “route marches” around in his spare time. Who is this #WeakNSman?

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2021-11-15 07:00:06 [1/3] Not your average Singaporean son

CPL Tan Kok Yew lost his arm when he was 3, but he has never let his disability hold him back. It was no different when it came time to enlist. Find out how he beat the odds to become an extraordinary NSF who’s received multiple awards from his commanders.

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2021-10-29 07:00:11 [3/3] Training soldiers, touching lives

He once helped a soldier who was kicked out of his parents’ house for getting his girlfriend pregnant. Then a junior officer, MAJ Muhammad Redza Bin Mohd Asri not only sourced financial aid for the couple - he visited them frequently, treated them to and counselled them. What else has this leader with a big done for his soldiers?

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2021-10-29 07:00:11 [2/3] Q&A with Chinook pilot LTC Jimmy Neo

LTC Jimmy Neo is the man to call when you want troops and vehicles on the battlefield pronto. The 39-year-old pilots the RSAF’s formidable new Chinook CH-47F – find out what he and his crew were up to at Exercise Wallaby 2021!

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2021-10-29 07:00:11 [1/3] Mission accomplished at Ex Wallaby 2021

The SAF returned to Queensland, for Exercise Wallaby from 13 Sep to 21 Oct, with about 580 personnel carrying out large-scale integrated operations, such as airdrop, vertical replenishment and ship-to-shore operations. This year’s exercise also saw the debut of the RSAF’s new CH-47F Chinook Catch the action down under!

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2021-10-27 13:51:15 [JUST IN] SAF assists in COVID-19 Home Recovery Programme

Since 29 Sep, more than 450 SAF personnel have been helping to man the hotlines as Home Recovery Buddies, and even lend a listening ear to COVID-19 patients under the Home Recovery Programme. Among them is CPL Luth Danish Bin Zani. Find out more about his experience!

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