SG AKAR CAMP, Thursday 31 January 2013 – His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Minister of Defence and Supreme Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) consented to officiate the Defence Academy Officer Cadet School (OCS) 8th Intake Sovereign’s Parade Ceremony.
During this occasion, His Majesty also consented to deliver the titah and commissioned twenty-one military officer cadets of the 8th Intake at the OCS parade square in Sungai Akar.
The arrival of His Majesty infront of the OCS Headquarters was greeted by the Deputy Minister of Defence, Dato Paduka Haji Mustappa bin Haji Sirat and the Commander of RBAF, Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin.
Shortly after the arrival, His Majesty received the Royal Salute and inspected the Guard of Honour mounted by the 21 Officer Cadets of the 8th Intake and 48 Officer Cadets of the 9th Intake. The Sovereign Parade Guard of Honour was under the command of Lieutenant Khairul Faizin bin Haji Abd Gapar.
Following the inspection, the event proceeded with the slow and fast march past before returning to position.
His Majesty also consented to confer awards to the best officer cadets in every category for of the 8th Intake of the RBAF OCS.
Leading the award conferment was the ‘Sword of Honour’ to 19966 Ocdt Haji Mohammad Hisham bin Abdullah @ Pg Hj Mahrup, with a qualification in MSc in Management & Engineering Chemical Meng from University of Bath, United Kingdom. After being commissioned as a military officer, he will be assigned as Head of Platoon 10, Company D, in First Batalion, Royal Brunei Land Force.
The Sword of Honour is the highest honor for an Officer Cadet bestowed by His Majesty. This award signifies a pillar of utmost brilliance for the Officer Cadet who has attained apex achievements in basic military training, academic, physical, and all aspects in the second phase of training. In addition, the Officer Cadet must possess strong and exemplary characteristics as an excellent Officer in terms of leadership, commitment and positive personality from beginning to the end of at the Officer Cadet training at the RBAF OCS.
His Majesty then consented to award the ‘Best in Academic Award’ to 21701 OCdt Wafa Nabilah binti Abdullah, who holds an MA in International Security at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She will be assigned as an Academic Advisor, Defence Academy, RBAF.
Recipient for ‘Best Military Skills Award’ was OCdt 16472 (U) Muhd Ali bin Hj Murni Saddiqin, who holds a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology from Lim Kok Wing University, Malaysia. He completed the basic military training in the male recruit of 122nd intake in 2003 and has previously served for five years as an aircraft engineer in the Royal Brunei Air Force. After this, he will be task as a Pilot In Training, No. 63 Squadran, Royal Brunei Air Force.
Finally was the conferment of ‘Best in Physical Training Endurance Award’ received by OCdt 19984 (L) Ak Faizul Azmizan bin Pg Hj Razali / Rajali, whom graduated from Higher National Diploma in Communication & Computer Systems Engineering from the Institute Technology Brunei. After beng commissioned as a military officer, he will be posted into the Officer-in- Training, KDB Darulaman, Royal Brunei Navy.
The itinerary proceeded with three times chants of ‘Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik’ from the parade followed by a Doa Selamat read by Captain Ariffin bin Amit, Assistant Head of the RBAF Religious Department (JA’MAAT).
From the parade square, His Majesty proceeded to the Sungai Akar Officers’ Mess for light refreshment followed by a ‘junjung ziarah’ from the Officer Cadets with their families and consented to receive a pesambah, “Thamaniah Book-rest” from the Defence Academy RBAF OCS Sovereign’s ceremony of 8th Intake. The concept of pesambah is a book-rest, which is useful to lift and hold the holy Quran. It was inspired by eight pillars that formed into book-rest and “Thamaniah” is an Arabic word which means eight.
The pesambah exhibits characteristics of spirituality and piety of the 8th intake officer cadets, who proved loyalty to the aspiration of religion, race and nation, that is to achieve Brunei Darussalam’s vision as ‘Negara Zikir’ with the Quran and Sunnah as its reference.
On this occasion His Majesty also consented to sign the royal parchment and received the 8th Intake Officer Cadet Book of Journey.
Prior leaving the ceremony, His Majesty consented to receive the ‘junjung ziarah’ from instructors and officers of the Officer Cadet School, families of helicopter crash victims and officers from the Military Staff College, including some foreign military officers from friendly nations before His Majesty joined the group photo session
KDYMM BERANGKAT KE UPACARA SOVEREIGN’S PARADE PENGAMBILAN KE 8 SEKOLAH PEGAWAI KADET
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Khamis 31 Januari 2013
– Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Omar ‘Ali
Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara
Brunei Darussalam, Menteri Pertahanan dan Pemerintah Tertinggi Angkatan
Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) telah berkenan berangkat ke Upacara
Sovereign’s Parade, Sekolah Pegawai Kadet Akademi Pertahanan ABDB
Pengambilan Ke Lapan.
Baginda juga
berkenan mengurniakan titah dan menauliahkan 21 Pegawai Kadet Tentera
ABDB Pengambilan Kelapan di padang kawad Sekolah Pegawai Kadet di Sungai
Akar. Keberangkatan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia di Markas Sekolah
Pegawai Kadet dijunjung oleh Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan, Dato Paduka
Haji Mustappa bin Haji Sirat dan Pemerintah ABDB, Mejar Jeneral Dato
Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato
Seri Paduka Haji Abidin.
Sejurus
keberangkatan, Baginda berkenan menerima Tabik Hormat Diraja dan
seterusnya memeriksa perbarisan yang terdiri dari Kawalan Kehormatan
Pengambilan ke Lapan seramai 21 orang serta di iringi oleh Kawalan
kehormatan Pengambilan ke Sembilan seramai 48 orang. Perbarisan
Sovereign Parade ini dibawah perintah Ketua Perbarisan, Leftenan Khairul
Faizin bin Haji Abd Gapar.
Acara disusuli dengan perbarisan berjalan lalu dalam masa perlahan dan cepat diikuti perbarisan mara kehadapan.
Baginda juga berkenan mengurniakan anugerah bagi pegawai kadet terbaik disetiap jurusan bagi Pengambilan Pegawai Kadet Kelapan.
Mendahului
pengurniaan anugerah ialah Anugerah Pedang Kehormatan kepada 19966 PKdt
Haji Mohd Hisham bin Abdullah @ Pg Haji Mahrup, berkelulusan MSc in
Management & MEng Chemical Engineering dari University of Bath,
United Kingdom. Selepas ditauliahkan sebagai Pegawai Tentera, beliau
akan ditugaskan sebagai Ketua Platun 10, Kompeni D, di Batalion Pertama,
TDDB.
Anugerah
Pedang Kehormatan (Sword of Honor) merupakan anugerah penghormatan yang
tertinggi bagi seorang Pegawai Kadet yang dikurniakan oleh Kebawah
DYMM. Anugerah ini merupakan symbol tonggak kecemerlangan keseluruhan
terbaik bagi Pegawai Kadet yang mempunyai pencapaian tertinggi di dalam
latihan asas ketenteraan, akademik, fizikal, latihan fasa kedua dalam
semua aspek keseluruhan. Di samping itu, Pegawai Kadet berkenan juga
mempunyai ciri-ciri keseluruhan yang mantap dan contoh Pegawai Terbaik
dari segi kepimpinan, komitmen dan menunjukkan keperibadian yang positif
dari awal hingga akhir latihan Pegawai Kadet di Sekolah Pegawai Kadet
ABDB.
Baginda
seterusnya berkenan mengurniakan Anugerah Terbaik Akademik kepada 21701
PKdt Wafa Nabilah binti Abdullah, berkelulusan MA in International
Security dari University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Beliau akan
ditugaskan sebagai Pegawai Penasihat Akademik, Akademi Pertahanan, ABDB.
Penerima
Anugerah Terbaik Kemahiran Tentera ialah 16472 PKdt (U) Muhd Ali
Saddiqin bin Haji Murni, berkelulusan BSc (Hons) in Information
Technology dari Lim Kok Wing University, Malaysia. Beliau telah tamat
latihan asas ketenteraan rekrut lelaki pengambilan ke-122 pada tahun
2003 dan sebelum ini pernah berkhidmat selama 5 tahun sebagai Jurutera
Pesawat di Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei. Selepas ini, beliau akan
ditugaskan sebagai Juruterbang Dalam Latihan, No. 63 Squadran, Tentera
Udara Diraja Brunei.
Penerima Anugerah Terbaik Ketahanan Latihan Jasmani diterima oleh 19984 PKdt (L) Ak Faizul Azmizan bin Pg Haji Razali berkelulusan Higher National Diploma in
Communication & Computer System Engineering dari Institut Teknologi
Brunei. Selepas ditauliahkan sebagai Pegawai Tentera, beliau akan di
tempatkan menjadi Pegawai Dalam Latihan, KDB Darulaman, Tentera Laut
Diraja Brunei.
Atucara
diteruskan dengan tiga kali laungan ‘Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik’
dari pasukan perbarisan diikuti dengan bacaan Doa Selamat oleh Penolong
Ketua Jabatan Agama ABDB (JAMA’AT), Kapten Awang Ariffin bin Amit.
Selepas itu Baginda dijunjung
berangkat ke Mes Pegawai bagi Majlis Santap Ringan diikuti dengan Majlis
Junjung Ziarah dari Pegawai-Pegawai Kadet beserta keluarga serta
berkenan menerima pesambah “Rehal Thamaniah”dari Upacara Sovereign’s
Sekolah Pegawai Kadet, Akademi Pertahanan ABDB Pengambilan Ke Lapan.
Konsep pesambah ini adalah sebuah rehal, yang mana kegunaannya adalah
untuk menjulang dan mengangkat kitab suci Al-Quran. Ianya diilhamkan
daripada lapan batang tiang yang dibentuk menjadi rehal dan “Thamaniah”
adalah perkataan arab yang bermaksud lapan.
Pesambah
ini mempamerkan ciri-ciri kerohanian dan ketakwaan pegawai- pegawai
kadet pengambilan kelapan, yang membuktikan kesetiaan terhadap hasrat
agama, bangsa dan negara, iaitu untuk menjadikan Negara Brunei
Darussalam sebagai sebuah Negara Zikir yang mana Al-Quran dan Sunnah
merupakan sebagai rujukan.
Baginda
di majlis ini juga berkenan menandatangani lembaran kenangan Diraja dan
Buku Perjalanan Pegawai Kadet Pengambilan Ke Lapan.
Sebelum
berangkat balik, Baginda berkenan menerima junjung ziarah dari
jurulatih-jurulatih Sekolah Pegawai Kadet, keluarga-keluarga mangsa
pesawat helicopter dan pegawai-pegawai dari Maktab Turus Tentera yang
termasuk beberapa pegawai tentera dari Negara-negara sahabat sebelum
dijunjung berangkat menyertai sesi bergambar ramai.