BANDUNG, INDONESIA, Thursday, 25 October 2018 – The 10th Brunei-Indonesia Army Working Group (BRUNESIA AWG) 2018 meeting between the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) and Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Darat (TNI AD) is currently held from 23 to 26 October 2018 at...

​ZHANJIANG, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, Friday, 26 October 2018 - The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) ship, KDB DARUTTAQWA participated in the first-ever ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise (ACMEX) that began on 22 until 27 October 2018. Sailing after the conclusion of the...

BERAKAS FOREST RESERVE, Thursday, 25 October 2018 – The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Cross Country Competition 2018 was held at Berakas Forest Reserve. More than 200 participants comprised of officers and personnel of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF), Royal...

BOLKIAH GARRISON, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof, Second Minister of Defence received a courtesy call from His Excellency Carlos Ricardo Martins...

MUARA, Monday, 22 October 2018 – The 18th series of Exercise PENGUIN, a bilateral exercise conducted biennially between the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), concluded with a closing ceremony that took place at the Multi-National Convention...

​BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 22 October 2018 - A thanksgiving prayer ceremony was held this afternoon to welcome the safe return of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) peacekeepers following their deployment with the Malaysian Battalion 850-5 (MALBATT 850-5) of the...

​BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 22 October 2018 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof, Second Minister of Defence, received a joint call from Colonel (Czi) Widiyanto, the outgoing Defence...

​REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, Monday, 22 October 2018 – Ten officers from the Ministry of Defence, who were previously awarded the Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Scholarship and the RBAF Scholarship, departed for the Republic of Singapore today to...

​REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, Saturday, 20 October 2018 – The 12th ADMM and 5th ADMM-Plus successfully concluded today at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major-General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof,...

​BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday, 19 October 2018 – A ceremony was held at the Performance Optimisation Centre, Bolkiah Garrison for the handing over of two wheelchairs donated by Yang Berhormat Minister of Defence II to two Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) retirees. The...

​EAST MALAYSIA, Friday, 19 October 2018 – The opening ceremony of Exercise MALBRU Setia Siri 14/2018 involving personnel from Company C, Second Battalion, Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) and 20th Battalion from Royal Malay Regiment (RMR) took place at Parade Square 20...

WASHINGTON D.C, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 - Major General Pengiran Dato Paduka Seri Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) attended the Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference on Countering Violent Extremist Organizations...

​BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 15 October 2018 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof, Second Minister of Defence, received a courtesy call from Major General John Raymond Boswell, Chief...

PENANJONG GARRISON, Friday, 12 October 2018 – A total of 158 male recruits of the 162nd intake and 67 female recruits of the 54th intake concluded their Basic Military Training (BMT) with a Passing Out Parade held today at the Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed...

​JEJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Friday, 12 October 2018 – The 16th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS), was hosted by the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) today, with the theme “Enhancing Maritime Security Cooperation in the Western Pacific Region”. Held in conjunction with...

REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, Friday, 12 October 2018 – Brigadier General Dato Seri Pahlawan Awang Khairul Hamed bin Awang Haji Lampoh, Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) made an introductory visit to the Republic of Indonesia from 9 to 12 October 2018.Upon...

TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 11 October 2018 – A total of 31 officers completed the 8th Royal Brunei Armed Forces Command and Staff Course (RBAF CSC 8) today at the Defence Academy of the RBAF. The RBAF CSC 8 was a 40-week course delivered in partnership with New Zealand’s...

​JEJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Thursday, 11 October 2018 -  The Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), First Admiral Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran Haji Muhammad, attended the International Fleet Review (IFR) which was held in conjunction with the...

BUKIT AGOK, Thursday, 11 October 2018 – The closing ceremony of the 24th Exercise AIRGUARD between No. 2 Wing, Operations Group, Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) and 18 Divisional Air Defence Artillery Battalion, Republic of Singapore Air Force (18 DA Bn RSAF) was held...

MUARA, Friday, 12 October 2018 – A foreign fishing vessel carrying five fishermen onboard was seized by the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) ship KDB DARULAMAN on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. The vessel was illegally fishing in Brunei waters approximately 98 nautical miles...

​BOLKIAH GARRISON, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 – A handover ceremony of a KIA military vehicle, KM 450 was held at the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Band Building, Bolkiah Garrison today. The guest of honour for the ceremony was Major General Pengiran Dato Paduka...