A brevet to call
their own
Whenever the Air Force conducted its Officers' Combined Graduation
Ceremony, all the graduating officers from various vocations would
be presented with their own unique brevets.
All except the Air Logistics Officers.
Chief of Air Force, Major-General (MG) Lim Kim Choon, remarked at
last year's graduation ceremony that the Air Logistics community
should have their own brevet as well.
Hence, the Air Logistics Organisation (ALO) embarked on the
'mission' of designing a brevet that would serve as a common
identity for all air logistics vocationalists.
"Given ALO's diverse scope, it is conceptually impossible to
represent every facet of Air Logistics within the small 4 cm by 4
cm badge," said Head of Air Logistics, Colonel (COL) Tsoi Mun
Heng.
MG Lim (right) presents the new brevet to COL Tsoi during the
Pin-On Ceremony on 3 June.
Thus, as the brainstorming progressed, the design shifted towards
embodying the "spirit of ALO, which is timeless and
invariant".
"Our mission of maximising air power is represented by the
upward-flowing arrows, our global outreach and worldwide operations
are represented by the globe, and the nine teeth gear represents
the strength, precision and dynamism of Air Logistics," said COL
Tsoi.
The final design was selected after consultation with senior
logisticians, officers as well as the Warrant Officers, Specialists
and Airmen (WOSAs) for their preference.
Since the brevet was unveiled at the ALO Dinner and Dance on 13
May, response has been positive, said COL Tsoi.
"The men are very proud to have a brevet to identify with," he
said.
Besides giving them a sense of identity, the brevet will also serve
as visible recognition of the contributions of the air logisticians
and their specialised fields.
The ALO brevet will be donned by active personnel and NSmen - the
gold for officers and the silver for WOSAs. And since this is a
vocation badge, the brevet will be awarded when Air Logistics
personnel graduate from their basic vocation course in Air Force
School.
