SAF teams head to Afghanistan

QX179R SG

Channel NewsAsia - 33 minutes ago

SINGAPORE : Two SAF engineering teams are heading to Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan to help in reconstruction efforts.

The teams, consisting of six men each, will be deployed for about three months from May 3 until October 31.

The SAF deployment is part of the New Zealand Defence Force’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamiyan.

SAF personnel will supervise the building of a Regional Health Training Centre for healthcare workers in Bamiyan.

The deployment is part of Singapore’s overall contribution to the international humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.

In 2007, the SAF sent a five—man dental team and a five—man engineering team to the same area. — CNA/ms

nullifi3d SG

Channel NewsAsia - 33 minutes ago

SINGAPORE : Two SAF engineering teams are heading to Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan to help in reconstruction efforts.

The teams, consisting of six men each, will be deployed for about three months from May 3 until October 31.

The SAF deployment is part of the New Zealand Defence Force’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamiyan.

SAF personnel will supervise the building of a Regional Health Training Centre for healthcare workers in Bamiyan.

The deployment is part of Singapore’s overall contribution to the international humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.

In 2007, the SAF sent a five—man dental team and a five—man engineering team to the same area. — CNA/ms

Heheh i thought my Snr medic said this was a top secret thing. Oh well.

snk86 SG

haha, same for my senior medic which went last year(the only one there with ranks on arm :P), say top secret next day take newspaper show him hahaa

Arapahoe SG

would it be fair to assume during the selection and planning detail of mission, training are kept from the public.

LazerLordz SG

would it be fair to assume during the selection and planning detail of mission, training are kept from the public.

I suppose it would be, per SOP. But it eventually will be a public mission, so sometimes all these fuss is quite strange.

Perhaps it's just the institutional culture of the SAF. Many things we deem "secret" are not so in other armed forces. Different culture, different mindsets.

I see this beginning to change, with more public engagement over equipment demonstrations but there's more that can be done to engage our people without affecting really substantial classified information.

In the above case, perhaps it's just normal to declare something classified until it's public information. It's SOP. :)

LazerLordz SG

Good luck to the lads, btw.

Arapahoe SG

I suppose it would be, per SOP. But it eventually will be a public mission, so sometimes all these fuss is quite strange.

Perhaps it's just the institutional culture of the SAF. Many things we deem "secret" are not so in other armed forces. Different culture, different mindsets.

In the above case, perhaps it's just normal to declare something classified until it's public information. It's SOP. :)

totally agreed.

involvement in afgan continue to take shape. I wonder if there is a overall plan to bridge the mindsets between the population that SAF might be send to peform in a hostile environment as to reflect to a more uncertain region.

LazerLordz SG

totally agreed.

TCH mentioned early this year that the SAF has to take up more responsibility in the international humanitarian ops domain as we mature.. something to that sort.

We're running the field hospital in Uruzgan now, maybe in the future we'd be sending embedded combat surgical hospitals or UAVs to help in coalition ops?

I think it'll be a long while before we see our soldiers do actual peace enforcement though.

monoslayer SG

TCH mentioned early this year that the SAF has to take up more responsibility in the international humanitarian ops domain as we mature.. something to that sort.

We're running the field hospital in Uruzgan now, maybe in the future we'd be sending embedded combat surgical hospitals or UAVs to help in coalition ops?

I think it'll be a long while before we see our soldiers do actual peace enforcement though.

we have a certain unit heading to Afghanistan soon.

shall not reveal too much.

Arapahoe SG

yeah i away sees it as a maturity process.

LazerLordz SG

yeah i away sees it as a maturity process.

"For the first time, a 35-man SAF team will also be participating in the field training exercise phase that simulates security operations in support of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief efforts"

Link

Arapahoe SG

Yes, I read that. infact i was hopping that the entire cobra excerise could turn into a live humanitarian mission for Myanmar. By looking at the situation i guess that is not going to happen.