NEWS HEADLINES
RANK PROMOTION CEREMONY FOR 21 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 – The Joint Force Headquarters of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (JFHQ RBAF) held a Rank Promotion Ceremony at the Corporal Club Hall, Bolkiah Garrison for a total of 16 JFHQ’s Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) and a total of 05 JFHQ’s Junior Non-Commissioned Officers (JNCOs).
9th BRUNEI-INDONESIA JOINT OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE YEAR 2023 (BRUNESIA JOESC 09/2023)
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 23 October 2023 – The 9th Brunei-Indonesia Joint Operations and Exercises Sub-Committee Meeting (BRUNESIA JOESC 09/2023) between the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) was held at the Officer’s Mess, Bolkiah Garrison, Ministry of Defence.
ASEAN DEFENCE MINISTERS’ MEETING-PLUS EXPERTS’ WORKING GROUP ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF (ADMM-PLUS EWG ON HADR) TABLE TOP EXERCISE (TTX) AND FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX)
YOGYAKARTA, REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, 15-20 October 2023 - The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) participated The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Experts’ Working Group On Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (ADMM-Plus EWG on HADR) Table Top Exercise (TTX) And Field Training Exercise (FTX).
EXERCISE BANGAU PUTIH III – OPS ANGKASA
BERAKAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 - An emergency aircraft disaster exercise, known as Exercise BANGAU PUTIH III, was conducted by the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transportation and Infocommunications, which involving several government and non-government agencies working together to handle an aircraft accident should it ever occur in the vicinity or within 5-kilometres radius from the airport. The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) is one of the government agencies activated by the Department of Civil Aviation, through the Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ), to provide emergency assistance in this exercise under the code name ‘OPS ANGKASA’.
RBAF UNIFIL PEACEKEEPERS HEAD FOR LEBANON
BERAKAS, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 – Thirty Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) personnel led by Major Mohammad Hafizi bin Sabli departed to Malaysia prior to deployment to Lebanon for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission with the Malaysian Battalion 850-11 (MALBATT 850-11).
JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES HOSTED VISIT FROM DEPUTY COMMANDER SOUTHERN THEATRE COMMAND, PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 – The Joint Force Headquarters Royal Brunei Armed Forces hosted a visit from Deputy Commander Southern Theatre Command, People’s Liberation Army, People’s Republic of China and delegation to Negara Brunei Darussalam.