BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Tuesday 18 June 2013 – Local officials from the Temburong District informed the Incident Coordination Centre (ICC), that the main water pump in Bangar Town had been damaged due to soil erosion. Current water supply to the area is reported to be...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Monday 17 June 2013 - Participating soldiers in the ADMM Plus HADR & MM Ex shared their thoughts with interviewers from the Ministry of Defence (MinDef) on how the preparations have gone for the exercise, and how they felt going into the exercise...

MUARA, Monday 17 June 2013 – The opening ceremony of the inaugural ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (ADMM PLUS HADR & MM Ex) HADR & MM Ex was held today at Multi National Coordination...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Monday 17 June 2013 – A Tropical Revolving Storm (TRS) Typhoon “SIMPUR”, which was reported to be 100km North East of Brunei Darussalam heading West-South-West, moving at 110km/h. The wind speed was reported to have strengthened to 135km/h. As a...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sunday 16 June 2013 – The preparations for the upcoming HADR exercise are going at full swing with cross-training conducted at Kampong Biang in Temburong District. The cross-training encompasses land-based, water-borne and medical trainings. The...

MENTIRI, Sunday 16 June 2013 – A coordination rehearsal, which involved search- locate and casualty evacuation was conducted at Mentiri in preparation for the upcoming HADR exercise. Those who participated included the Search and Rescue (SAR), K-9 units and medical...

MUARA, Sunday 16 June 2013 – Ships from the United States of America, T-AKE 9 U5N5 USS Matthew Perry and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), PEACE ARK arrived today to partake in the ASEAN Defense Minister’s Meeting Plus Humanitarian Assistance and...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sunday 16 June 2013 – The Second ASEAN Militaries’ Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise, dubbed 2nd AHX, was held today at the Warrant Officers’ Mess, Muara Naval Base.Opening the event was the welcoming remarks of the Co-Chairman...

MUARA, Saturday 15 June 2013 - As the preparations of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (ADMM PLUS HADR & MM Ex) Exercises starts building up for the D-day, entourage from the Ministry...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Saturday 15 June 2013 – More military assets and personnel are arriving from the countries involved in the upcoming HADR exercise. The miitary assets are comprised of naval, air and engineering assets, followed by Real-Life Support (RLS) assets...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Saturday 15 June 2013 – This afternoon a briefing session was held where the respective groups under the Exercise Controller for the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Humanitarian and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Friday 14 June 2013 – Media Working Group embarkation on Indian Navy war vessel INS GHARIYAL was held this afternoon at the Muara Commercial Port. During the embarkation, the media team was welcomed onboard the vessel by the Commanding Officer of...

​BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Friday 14 June 2013 - A number of mini-exercises have been conducted at various sites, specifically Multi-National Coordination Centre (MNCC) and Navy Coordination Centre (NCC) in Muara, Air Coordination Centre (ACC) at Rimba and Incident...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Friday 14 June 2013 – This morning, the Medical Working Group organised cohesion sports and air recce to deployment sites concurrently as part of the Medical Force Integration Training (FIT). This serves to be the final day for the medical FIT...

MELILAS, BELAIT, Jumaat 14 Jun 2013 - Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) telah berjaya mengungkayahkan satu lagi Projek Titian Amal di sebuah balai ibadat di Mukim Melilas, Daerah Belait. Projek Titian Amal ini diadakan sempena dengan Ulang Tahun ABDB ke-52 dan...

MUARA,  Thursday 13 June 2013 – “To defend the maritime sovereignty and territorial integrity of Brunei Darussalam”. For 48 years, this has been the mission that has been bestowed by the government of Brunei Darussalam to the Royal Brunei Navy, and for 48 years,...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Thursday 13 June 2013 – In the afternoon, some of the participants of the multinational Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise were involved in an air evacuation exercise whereby the participants conducted the preparation of casualty for...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Thursday 13 June 2013 - This morning an exclusive interview was held with the Deputy Head of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Contingent for the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief...

TEMBURONG, Thursday 13 June 2013 – Today, the contingent from the People’s Republic of China successfully constructed a bridge at the Biang Site, in preparation for the upcoming ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Humanitarian and Disaster Relief and...

BERAKAS GARRISON, Thursday, June 13, 2013 - Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) held a handing over ceremony of 15 cars and 6 motorcycles from suppliers at the Parade Square, Berakas Garrison this afternoon. The RBAF received 4 types of vehicles from the primary...

BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday 13 June 2013 - The ceremony for the launching of Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) Infrastructure Guideline book and presentation of ISO 9001:2008 ‘Quality Management System’ Certificate was held today at Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah...