TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 10 October 2019 – A total of 30 officers completed the 9th Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Command and Staff Course (CSC) today at the Defence Academy, RBAF.
Present as Guest of Honour was Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Second Minister of Defence.
Also present were Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), Acting Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Defence, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Service Commanders, Joint Force Commander, Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Defence, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Representatives from Foreign Missions in Brunei Darussalam, Defence Advisers and Defence Attachés in Brunei Darussalam, Directors, Commandants, UBD lecturers, senior RBAF officers and family members of the graduates.
The event commenced with the recitation of the Surah Al-Fatihah and verses from the Surah An-Nisa’ by Major Alwaleed Rashid Mohammed Alkiyumi from the Royal Air Force of Oman, one of the participants of the 9th CSC.
It was followed by welcoming remarks from Colonel Haji Muhammad Haszaimi bin Bol Hassan, Commandant of the Defence Academy RBAF. The event continued with the Guest of Honour’s remarks.
As with previous years, a number of special recognition awards were presented to the students of the CSC. This year, the Overall Excellence Award was given to Major Dai Jing from the Singapore Army. The RBAF Commendation Award was given to 721 Lieutenant Commander Pengiran Mohammed Faren bin Pengiran Mohammad Noor, RBN from the Joint Force Headquarters, Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Academic Excellence Award was also given to Major Dai Jing from the Singapore Army as this year marks the CSC’s first-time partnership with Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
The 9th RBAF CSC participants comprised of officers from the RBAF and RBPF as well as 13 international participants from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States.
The RBAF CSC aims to broaden officers’ perspectives and professional knowledge using tactical and academic approaches and disciplines to study the contemporary strategic environment and its implications of current environment on their practice as defence and security specialists.
