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2022-03-15 07:00:18 Our fortnightly pick of local defence news stories Open / Comment

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2022-02-28 07:00:14 [4/4] DSO drone engineer flies high

CPT (NS) Jonathan Yong is such a drone expert, he won an inventors’ award in school and became a UAV pilot instructor during his NS days! He is now a DSO National Laboratories defence engineer who helped develop the V15 mini-UAV – the Singapore Army's latest drone

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2022-02-28 07:00:14 [3/4] President’s aide doing his father proud

Commando officer MAJ Vaithalingam Venod Kumar’s late father would have been proud to see him in uniform standing beside the President. MAJ Venod was one of 32 personnel who received their Honorary Aide-de-Camp appointment letter from Madam Halimah Yacob on 14 Feb

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2022-02-28 07:00:14 [2/4] My Sayang, my backbone

Valentine’s Day may be over, but true lasts a lifetime. 3WO Muhammad Hilmy and SSG Nur Farah Atiqah have built a strong marriage based on open communication. But years back, one of them applied to join the SAF without telling the other. Who was it, and how did they spring this surprise on their other half?

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2022-02-28 07:00:14 [1/4] Sea-ing double

Ever wonder if are always in sync? We put 3SG Jonus and 3SG Ernus Ho – who both serve on board Landing Ship Tank RSS Persistence – to the test in the first of our Twosday Twins series. Find out if twin telepathy really exists!

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2022-02-15 13:20:08 [TD Day '22] The resolve to keep S'pore sovereign & secure

This year’s Total Defence (TD) Day marks the 80th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore. From recruits receiving their rifles in a presentation ceremony at the Float@Marina Bay to the launch of a TD walking trail to learn more about history, Singaporeans are reaffirming their resolve to keep the nation strong and free What will you do for TD?

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2022-02-15 07:00:11 [4/4] A force for good

Did you know SAF medical officers crawled through rubble to assess injuries and provide to trapped survivors of the 1986 Hotel New World collapse? This is just one of the many times that SAF personnel helped save the lives of Singaporeans in a disaster or crisis. PIONEER takes a look back at such operations on Total Defence Day, which falls on 15 Feb every year.

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