ROYAL BRUNEI LAND FORCE 45TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE

Posted on: 6th November 2006, 0930 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)

Berakas, Saturday 4 November 2006 - A parade was held on 4th November 2006 at the Parade Square of the Royal Brunei Land Force's (RBLF) First Battalion in the Berakas Garrison, in conjunction with RBLF's 45th anniversary.

The guest of honour was the Commander of RBLF, Colonel Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Rosli bin Pg Haji Chuchu, who also inspected around 500 personnel from all RBLF units, headed by Mej Hj Abd Ghani bin Haji Abdullah, Second-In-Command of the First Battalion RBLF. The Commander also presented certificates of appreciation to the first and second team of International Monitoring Team to Mindanao, Republic of Philippines.

The theme of this year's anniversary, "Unity Strengthen the Nation's Defence (Bersepadu Memperkukuh Pertahanan Negara)" emphasised the importance of unity not only among members of the Royal Brunei Land Force but also with other services of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, other security agencies and the public. The Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force, in his speech, has stressed that all levels of leadership in the Royal Brunei Land Force must play their role to ensure their personnel are well trained. In addition, the personnel of the Royal Brunei Land Force were reminded to be well-disciplined so as to gain the trust of the community. Heart and Minds Projects will also be enhanced to maintain rapport with the public.
The parade is one of the activities that have been lined up in conjunction with the anniversary. Among the events held and to be held are religious functions, a blood donation campaign, charity project, sports and cleaning up of the Muslim cemetery.