SG AKAR CAMP, Friday 18 Oct 2013 – Twenty-nine officers of the 3rd series of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Command and Staff Course (RBAF CSC 3) were presented with their certificates of course completion this morning. The closing ceremony and certificate presentation of the RBAF CSC held at the Officers’ Mess of the Gurkha Reserve Unit at Sungai Akar Camp was officiated by the Deputy Minister of Defence, Dato Paduka Haji Mustappa bin Haji Sirat as the guest of honour.
The course comprises 29 officers, from Brunei as well as from Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The Royal Brunei Police Force and the Internal Security Department are also represented in the course.
Also present at the opening ceremony was the Commander of the RBAF, Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin, Deputy Commander of the RBAF, Services Commanders/ Commandants, Directors and representatives from the Embassies of respective countries.
The Command and Staff Course is a 39-weeks course delivered in partnership with New Zealand’s Massey University, who is responsible for delivering the academic component of the Tri-Service course; Joint in nature. The course aims to broaden the professional and academic knowledge and develop command, analytical and communication skills of mid-level officers in order to prepare them for higher command and staff appointments.
29 PESERTA TAMAT KURSUS MAKTAB TURUS 2013
SUNGAI AKAR, Jumaat 18 Okt 2013
– Dua puluh-sembilan orang pegawai yang telah menyertai Kursus Maktab
Turus (CSC) siri ke-3 telah disampaikan dengan sijil-sijil tamat kursus
mereka pagi ini. Majlis Penutup dan Penyampaian Sijil Kursus Maktab
Turus Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) yang diadakan di Mes
Pegawai Pasukan Simpanan Gurkha di Perkhemahan Sungai Akar telah
dirasmikan oleh Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan, Dato Paduka Haji Mustappa
bin Haji Sirat selaku tetamu kehormat.
Kursus
Maktab Turus pada tahun ini terdiri daripada 29 orang pegawai dari
Negara Brunei Darussalam dan juga dari Australia, Bangladesh, China,
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Filipina,
Singapura, Thailand dan United Kingdom. Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei dan
Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri juga turut serta dalam kursus ini.
Turut
hadir di majlis perasmian ialah Timbalan Pemerintah ABDB,
Pemerintah-Pemerintah Angkatan Tentera, Komandan-Komandan,
Pengarah-Pengarah dan wakil-wakil dari kedutaan-kedutaan negara
masing-masing.
Kursus
Maktab Turus ini ialah satu program berjangka selama 39 minggu, yang
dikendalikan bersama Universiti Massey New Zealand, yang mana ianya
bertanggungjawab untuk menyampaikan komponen akademik kursus
“Tri-service” yang bergabung. Kursus ini bertujuan untuk meluaskan
pengetahuan profesional dan akademik dan membangunkan arahan, kemahiran
analitikal dan komunikasi pegawai-pegawai peringkat pertengahan untuk
mempersiapkan mereka bagi perlantikan yang lebih tinggi nanti.