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RBAF COMMANDER RECEIVES COURTESY CALL FROM REGIONAL JUNGLE WARFARE SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SPEAKER FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday, 19 April 2018 – Major General Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) received a courtesy call from Major General Duncan Capps CBE, General Officer Commanding Regional...
SECOND MINISTER OF DEFENCE RECEIVES FAREWELL CALL BY OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 – The Second Minister of Defence, Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, today received a farewell call by His Excellency Cho Won-myung,...
OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE REGIONAL JUNGLE WARFARE SYMPOSIUM 2018
TANAH JAMBU CAMP, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 – The Regional Jungle Warfare Symposium (RJWS) 2018 was officiated today by the Joint Force Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), Brigadier General (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sahat, at the Defence...
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND RBAF ATTENDS 16TH DSA 2018
KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 – The 16th edition of Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 is a prestigious international defence exhibition with participation from over 1,500 companies and 60 countries and is held at the newly opened Malaysia International Trade and...
ACTING RBAF COMMANDER RECEIVES COURTESY CALL FROM REGIONAL JUNGLE WARFARE SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SPEAKER FROM THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 – First Admiral Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran Haji Muhammad, Acting Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces received a courtesy call by Lieutenant General Danilo G. Pamonag, Commander of Southern Luzon...
SUBUH PRAYER AND SPECIAL TALK IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL ISRA’ AND MI’RAJ CELEBRATION
MUARA, Friday, 13 April 2018 – In celebrating this year’s national Isra’ and Mi’raj holiday, the Department of Mosque Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs held a subuh prayer event that includes a special talk at the Setia Ali Mosque, Muara Town. Present as the...
APPOINTMENT CEREMONY FOR RBAF OFFICER CADET
TANAH JAMBU CAMP, Friday, 13 April 2018 – A recipient of the Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces scholarship, Awang Nabil Suhairidhwan bin Awang was appointed as an officer cadet during a ceremony held at the Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces...
SECOND MINISTER OF DEFENCE RECEIVES COURTESY CALL FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday, 12 April 2018 – The Second Minister of Defence, Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, today received a courtesy call from the British High Commissioner to...
WORKSHOP ON RAISING NATIONAL AWARENESS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday, 12 April 2018 – The Ministry of Defence and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted the Workshop on Raising National Awareness and Legal Assistance on Chemical Weapons Convention from 11 to 12 April 2018 at...
ANNUAL DEFENCE BUDGET 2018/2019 DISCUSSED AT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday, 12 April 2018 – A briefing session on the Ministry of Defence budget for Financial Year 2018/2019 was held today at the Tower Block, Bolkiah Garrison. Among the key objectives of the briefing were to present on the budget performance for...
RBAF COMMANDER RECEIVES SEPARATE CALLS FROM AMBASSADORS OF CHINA AND MYANMAR
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 – Major General Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) received two separate courtesy calls today from Her Excellency Madam Yang Jian, Ambassador...
RBLF COMMANDER MAKES INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 – Brigadier General Awang Khairul Hamed bin Awang Haji Lampoh, Commander of Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) made an introductory visit to the Republic of Singapore from 9 to 11 April 2018. Upon arrival at the Ministry of...
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE RECEIVES INTRODUCTORY CALL FROM NON-RESIDENT DEFENCE ADVISER OF SOUTH AFRICA ACCREDITED TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 9 April 2018 – Colonel Lamla Malotana, the Non-Resident Defence Adviser of South Africa accredited to Brunei Darussalam who is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today made an introductory call on the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of...
24th NATIONAL TRADITIONAL BOAT RACE EVENT 2018
SERASA, Sunday, 8 April 2018 – The Ministry of Defence finished first place in the 15-paddlers Fibre Glass Boat Race between Ministries with a recorded time of 3 minutes and 29 seconds at the 24th Traditional National Boat Race Event 2018. The event was held at the...
RBAF COMMANDER RECEIVES COURTESY CALL FROM OUTGOING AND INCOMING THAI DEFENCE ATTACHÉS TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday, 5 April 2018 – Major General Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) received a courtesy call from Colonel Sorrawat Pattamakom, the outgoing Defence Attaché of Thailand to...
RBAF COMMANDER MAKES INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 – Major General Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) made an introductory visit to the Republic of Singapore from 2 to 4 April 2018. Upon arrival...
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND RUSSIA SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL PROTECTION OF THE RESULTS OF INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THE COURSE OF BILATERAL MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Monday, 4 April 2018 – The Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and the Government of the Russian Federation, signed an Agreement on Mutual Protection of the Results of Intellectual Activity and...
SECOND MINISTER OF DEFENCE HOSTS FAREWELL LUNCHEON WITH OUTGOING AMBASSADORS OF LAO PDR AND MYANMAR
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Monday 2 April 2018 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Second Minister of Defence hosted a luncheon as part of a farewell call from outgoing Ambassador...
MINISTER OF DEFENCE II RECEIVES COURTESY CALL FROM AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister of Defence II today received a courtesy call from His Excellency Motohiko Kato, the Ambassador...
CHIEF OF ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY AWARDED THE ROYAL BRUNEI NAVY COMMAND BADGE
MUARA, Monday, 2 April 2018 – 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, the Minister of Defence and the Supreme Commander of...
OUTGOING AND INCOMING DEFENCE ATTACHÉS OF THAILAND TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PAY COURTESY CALL TO MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 2 April 2018 – Colonel Sorrawat Pattamakom, the outgoing Defence Attaché of Thailand to Brunei Darussalam and Colonel Nopadej Pansri, the incoming Defence Attaché called on Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Captain (Retired) Dato...