TANAH JAMBU, Thursday, 10th October 2024 – A total of six personnel from the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) had successfully completed the 14th Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Command and Staff Course (CSC) in a closing ceremony held at the Defence Academy RBAF (DA RBAF).
Present as the Guest of Honour was Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Minister of Defence II. Also present were Members of the Defence and RBAF Executive Committee, Commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), Acting Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Brunei Darussalam, Resident and Non-Resident Defence Advisers and Defence Attachés accredited to Brunei Darussalam, Directors, Commandants, UBD faculty members, as well as senior officers from the Ministry of Defence and RBAF.
A total of 37 local and international officers attended the 14th RBAF CSC comprised of officers from the Ministry of Defence and RBAF, other security agencies from the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) and Internal Security Department (ISD), as well as 18 international military officers namely from the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Sultanate of Oman, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of the Philippines, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The event commenced with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah and verses from Surah Al-Ankabut led by the course representative, Major Zulazri bin Gapor. This was followed by a welcoming remark from Colonel Pengiran Sharifuddin bin Pengiran Haji Yusof, Commandant of the DA RBAF, and was followed by a speech from the Guest of Honour.
In completing the course, the participants were awarded the post-nominal “passed staff college (joint)" ['psc (j)'] by the DA RBAF and the Graduate Diploma in Defence and Security Studies by UBD with an opportunity to pursue the Master of Defence and Security Studies at UBD. The 40-weeks course, delivered in partnership with UBD, aims to broaden officers' perspectives and professional expertise using practical and academic approaches and disciplines to explore the current strategic environment issues and their implications for those working in the defence and security fields.
ENAM PEGAWAI TENTERA DARAT DIRAJA BRUNEI TAMAT KURSUS MAKTAB TURUS ABDB KE-14
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Khamis, 10 Oktober 2024 – Seramai enam Pegawai Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei (TDDB) telah berjaya menamatkan Kursus Maktab Turus Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) sesi ke-14 dalam majlis penutup yang diadakan di Akademi Pertahanan ABDB (AP ABDB).
Hadir selaku Tetamu Kehormat ialah Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awg Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II. Turut hadir di majlis ini ialah Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Eksekutif Pertahanan dan ABDB, Pesuruhjaya Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei (PPDB), Pemangku Naib-Canselor Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Ketua-Ketua Perwakilan Asing, Penasihat-penasihat dan Atase-atase Pertahanan yang menetap dan tidak menetap di Negara Brunei Darussalam, Pengarah-pengarah, Komandan-komandan, Ahli-ahli Fakulti daripada UBD dan Pegawai-pegawai Kanan Kementerian Pertahanan dan ABDB.
Seramai 37 pegawai tempatan dan antarabangsa telah menghadiri Kursus Maktab Turus Sesi ke-14 iaitu terdiri daripada pegawai-pegawai Kementerian Pertahanan dan ABDB, agensi-agensi keselamatan lain iaitu PPDB dan Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, serta 18 orang pegawai tentera antarabangsa iaitu dari Republik Rakyat Bangladesh, Kerajaan Kemboja, Republik Indonesia, Kerajaan Hasyimiah Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Kesultanan Oman, Republik Islam Pakistan, Republik Filipina, Kerajaan Arab Saudi, Republik Singapura, Kerajaan Thailand, United Kingdom dan Amerika Syarikat.
Majlis dimulakan dengan bacaan Surah Al-Fatihah dan Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 66 hingga 69 oleh wakil peserta kursus, Mejar Zulazri bin Gapor. Ianya diikuti dengan ucapan alu-aluan daripada Kolonel Pengiran Sharifuddin bin Pengiran Haji Yusof, Komandan AP ABDB dan diikuti dengan ucapan daripada Tetamu Kehormat.
Setelah menamatkan kursus, peserta-peserta kursus diberikan post-nominal “passed staff college (joint)" ['psc (j)'] dari Akademi Pertahanan ABDB serta kelulusan Graduate Diploma in Defence and Security Studies dari UBD, dan berpeluang untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke peringkat Ijazah Sarjana dalam bidang Defence and Security Studies di UBD. Kursus yang dijalankan selama 40 minggu ini dikendalikan dengan kerjasama UBD dengan tujuan untuk memperluaskan pengetahuan profesional secara praktikal dan akademik serta disiplin bagi mengkaji persekitaran strategik semasa dan kesannya terhadap tugasan mereka yang bertugas dalam bidang pertahanan dan keselamatan.
