MUARA, Monday, 20 May 2019 – KDB DARUTTAQWA was given a homecoming as it returned home after a 39-days long deployment. The ship and crew participated in the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy celebrations, followed by the Southeast Asia – China Maritime Exercise held in Qingdao, People’s Republic of China; the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Maritime Security (MS) Field Training Exercise (FTX) held in Busan, Republic of Korea; and the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia 2019, which was held in Changi Naval Base, Republic of Singapore.
Present to welcome KDB DARUTTAQWA was Deputy Commander of RBN, Captain Pengiran Mohamad bin Pengiran Haji Damit. Also present were the Fleet Commander, senior officers, officers and RBN personnel, as well as families of those in the deployment.
The deployment was commanded by Commander Hj Edy Jofren bin Pehin Datu Penglima Colonel (Retired) Dato Paduka Hj Abdul Jalil, RBN, with a total complement of 79 personnel. This deployment is a significant milestone in RBN’s trajectory in asserting herself as a competent and reliable maritime partner on both bilateral and multilateral platforms and a practical contributor to regional cooperation in defence and security.
TLDB MENERIMA KDB DARUTTAQWA SELAPAS PELAYARAN JARAK JAUH
MUARA, Isnin, 20 Mei 2019 – Kepulangan KDB DARUTTAQWA diraikan selepas kembali ke tanah air dari deploimen jarak jauh selama 39 hari. Kapal KDB DARUTTAQWA telah menyertai perayaan 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, diikuti oleh Southeast Asia – China Maritime Exercise yang berlangsung di Qingdao, Republik Rakyat China; ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Maritime Security (MS) Field Training Exercise (FTX) yang berlangsung di Busan, Republik Korea; dan International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia 2019 yang mana berlangsung di Pangkalan Tentera Laut Changi, Republik Singapura.
Hadir untuk menjemput kedatangan KDB DARUTTAQWA ialah Timbalan Pemerintah Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, Kepten Pengiran Mohamad bin Pengiran Haji Damit. Turut hadir bagi acara tersebut ialah Komander Armada, pegawai-pegawai kanan, pegawai-pegawai, anggota TLDB dan juga ahli-ahli keluarga anggota yang mengikuti deploimen tersebut.
Deploimen ini diketuai oleh Komander Hj Edy Jofren bin Pehin Datu Penglima Kolonel (Bersara) Dato Paduka Hj Abdul Jalil, TLDB, dengan anggota seramai 79 orang. Deploimen ini juga merupakan peristiwa penting bagi trajektori TLDB dalam menjadikan organisasi ini sebagai rakan kongsi maritim yang boleh dipercayai di rantau ini melalui landasan dua hala mahupun pelbagai hala, dan juga sebagai penyumbang praktikal kepada kerjasama serantau dalam pertahanan dan keselamatan.