BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday 3 May 2013 – A flag cession ceremony for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) delegation for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise 2013 (DIREx 2013) was held this morning at the Ministry of Defence Parade Square, Bolkiah Garrison.
The ceremony was presided by the Joint Forces Commander, First Admiral Dato Seri Pahlawan Abd Aziz bin Haji Mohd Tamit to the Head of Contingent for the exercise, Lt Col (U) Mohd Azmi bin Haji Mohd Husain. Also present during the ceremony was Senior Officers and Officers of RBAF.
This multi-lateral exercise will commence on the 7 May 2013 until 11 May 2013 in Cham Am City, Kingdom of Thailand and will primarily focus on the Multinational cooperation in disaster relief mission among ARF member countries. This is RBAF’s first participation to such exercise and the RBAF is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this exercise as part of our multi lateral cooperation.
The delegation consists of 11 personnel from the RBAF Medical Services and 6 personnel from Chemical Biological Radiological and Explosives Defense Unit (CBRE), Support Battalion Royal Brunei Land Forces.
PENYERAHAN BENDERA NEGARA KEPADA ROMBONGAN ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE (DIREx) 2013
BOLKIAH GARISON, Jumaat 3 Mei 2013
– Upacara penyerahan bendera Negara Brunei Darussalam kepada kontingen
Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) bagi Eksesais ASEAN Regional
Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise 2013 (DIREx 2013) telah berlangsung
di Padang Kawad Kementerian Pertahan, Bolkiah Garison.
Penyerahan
bendera telah disempurnakan oleh Pemerintah Markas Angkatan Bersama
(MAB), Laksmana Pertama Dato Seri Pahlawan Abd Aziz bin Haji Mohd Tamit
kepada Ketua Kontingen, Lt Kol (U) Mohd Azmi bin Haji Mohd Husain. Turut
hadir bagi menyaksikan upacara tersebut terdiri dari Pegawai-Pegawai
Kanan, Pegawai- Pegawai dan anggota-anggota ABDB.
Eksesais
ini akan bermula pada 6 Mei 2013 hingga 12 Mei 2013 di Cham Am City,
Kingdom of Thailand dan akan menumpukan kepada kerjasama berbagai hala
dalam latihan bencana alam bersama negara-negara anggota ARF. Ini adalah
kali pertama ABDB menyertai eksesais ARF DiREX. Penyertaan ABDB pada
eksesais ini dilihat sebagai langkah penampilan dalam koperasi berbilang
hala, termasuk meningkatkan kerjasama diplomasi ketenteraan.
Delegasi
ABDB ke eksesais terdiri daripada 11 anggota daripada Khidmat Perubatan
ABDB dan 6 anggota dari Unit Pertahanan Kimia, Biologi, Radiologi dan
Letupan (KBRL) Batalion Bantu, Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei.