Is There Any Real BG with Real War Experience ?

[BoonTiong]

I always hear people say fake BG, paper BG. Do we have real BG with real war experience in Singapore?

 

[Leongsam]

I always hear people say fake BG, paper BG. Do we have real BG with real war experience in Singapore?

No but we have many that a demolition experts. They can destroy whole industries in a very short period of time.

 

[laksaboy]

Sentosa cable car rescue? Hotel New World collapse?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Sentosa cable car rescue? Hotel New World collapse?

Our illustrious PM
PM recounts tale of Aussie pilot in 1983 cable car rescue mission
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Above: Mr Ledger (fourth from left) in a 1983 photo with members of the cable car rescue team. ST FILE PHOTO

Rachel Au-Yong
Housing Correspondent

• PUBLISHED
  OCT 13, 2016, 5:00 AM SGT

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For almost three hours on Jan 29, 1983, Australian helicopter pilot Geoff Ledger, then 27, battled to keep his helicopter steady near Sentosa amid the wind and rain.
Seven people had died after a drillship snagged the cable car ropeway between mainland Singapore and Sentosa island, and 13 people were still trapped in four cars hanging precariously, 180m above the water.
Then in Singapore on exchange with the Republic of Singapore Air Force, Mr Ledger had participated in the mission to save them.

His story was recounted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday, as an example of the camaraderie and sense of common purpose Singaporean and Australian troops share.
Mr Lee, then a colonel in the Singapore Armed Forces and directing the rescue mission, said when addressing the Australian Parliament: "He did not have to fly this mission... It was a risky operation, at night under windy conditions, but fortunately the rescue succeeded."
Speaking to reporters later, Mr Ledger said the danger and the stakes made it a harrowing experience. "Even today, I still get quite emotional about it."


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But he added: "I was very proud to be serving my country in Singapore, and Singapore is a great country."
While the 60-year-old still cringes at the memory of the injured people's screams, he said he formed tight bonds with the Singaporean team - a Chinese co-pilot, a Malay chopper aide and an Indian winchman - on the mission.
For his efforts, Mr Ledger received from Singapore a silver commendation medal, his first career award.
He was invited to the luncheon hosted by Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull for Mr Lee yesterday.
Recalling his interactions with Mr Lee during his stint in Singapore - at the briefing for the rescue mission, and later at a thank-you party at Sembawang Air Base - he said Mr Lee was "attentive and directed" on the first occasion and "gregarious, open and friendly" on the second.
Mr Ledger, who has since retired from active duty as a commodore, added: "I'm not surprised he became Prime Minister."

 

[Hypocrite-The]

This chap got yankeeland award

Chan Chun Sing enters US Army college's hall of fame
NOVEMBER 11, 2013PUBLISHED AT 7:36 AMByJERMYN CHOWTHE STRAITS TIMES

SINGAPORE - Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing has been inducted into the hall of fame of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
The former Singapore army chief, who is now also Second Defence Minister, is the fifth Singaporean to be given the top honours at the military institution at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, considered by many as the intellectual centre of the US Army.
More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite.
The four others were Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and previous defence chiefs Winston Choo and Ng Yat Chung, and former army chief Han Eng Juan.

Receiving the award on Mr Chan's behalf on Oct 31 was Singapore Armed Forces Military Expert 5 David Cai, who is currently a student at the institution.
"He (Mr Chan) is doing great things for the country right now as a politician, so he definitely embodies the spirit of giving and doing good for the people," ME5 Cai told the military institution's publication FtLeaven worthlamp.com. "It's something I hope to emulate," he added.
Mr Chan excelled as a student at the US Army Command and General Staff College in 1998, and was the first foreign student to be conferred the "Distinguished Master Strategist Award" in the same year.

More than 7,200 foreign students have graduated from the college, with 262 officers from more than 69 countries having been inducted into the International Hall of Fame.
More than half of the college's foreign students have reportedly achieved the rank of a general, with 28 becoming heads of state. During Mr Chan's 24 years in the military, he assumed the positions of chief infantry officer and chief of staff-joint staff before taking over as army chief in 2010.
He stepped down a year later to join politics and was among the most prominent people to be selected for political office. In August, the 44-year-old Mr Chan was promoted to become a full minister, the youngest in the current Cabinet.

 

[Papsmearer]

This chap got yankeeland award

Chan Chun Sing enters US Army college's hall of fame
NOVEMBER 11, 2013PUBLISHED AT 7:36 AMByJERMYN CHOWTHE STRAITS TIMES

SINGAPORE - Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing has been inducted into the hall of fame of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
The former Singapore army chief, who is now also Second Defence Minister, is the fifth Singaporean to be given the top honours at the military institution at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, considered by many as the intellectual centre of the US Army.
More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite.
The four others were Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and previous defence chiefs Winston Choo and Ng Yat Chung, and former army chief Han Eng Juan.

Receiving the award on Mr Chan's behalf on Oct 31 was Singapore Armed Forces Military Expert 5 David Cai, who is currently a student at the institution.
"He (Mr Chan) is doing great things for the country right now as a politician, so he definitely embodies the spirit of giving and doing good for the people," ME5 Cai told the military institution's publication FtLeaven worthlamp.com. "It's something I hope to emulate," he added.
Mr Chan excelled as a student at the US Army Command and General Staff College in 1998, and was the first foreign student to be conferred the "Distinguished Master Strategist Award" in the same year.

More than 7,200 foreign students have graduated from the college, with 262 officers from more than 69 countries having been inducted into the International Hall of Fame.
More than half of the college's foreign students have reportedly achieved the rank of a general, with 28 becoming heads of state. During Mr Chan's 24 years in the military, he assumed the positions of chief infantry officer and chief of staff-joint staff before taking over as army chief in 2010.
He stepped down a year later to join politics and was among the most prominent people to be selected for political office. In August, the 44-year-old Mr Chan was promoted to become a full minister, the youngest in the current Cabinet.

This fuck Kee Chiu never even complete his OCS course, don't know how he can get into USACand G

 

[Hypocrite-The]

This fuck Kee Chiu never even complete his OCS course, don't know how he can get into USACand G

Must have bought off the yanks

 

[Papsmearer]

Must have bought off the yanks

They just gave it to him as a pity fuck. Anyway, Gay Loong buys billions of $ of weapons from them, so they just give face.

 

[eatshitndie]

No but we have many that a demolition experts. They can destroy whole industries in a very short period of time.

this genital, oops i mean general, deserves the demolition medal for being the most destructive.

 

[tanwahtiu]

When war come they borrow a real one from Israel.... why need a real one when u can loan one...

 

[Papsmearer]

Yes, all our BG have war experience. Every day, they go to war with their conscience on whether to screw sinkies and earn millions $, or take over a GLC and screw it up and cost sinkies billions $. The war is real in their minds.

 

[bobby]

Military valour & courage achieved and recognised are usually given in the form of medals to be displayed proudly by the soldier who earned it by risking his life for country and his fighting mates in the battlefields..

How come got Singapore paper Generals who have never ever gone to war to prove his worth can get so many medals ? All from Sungei Rd or corn flake boxes...maybe only the long service and the markmanship ones only he earned it.

 

[Leongsam]

Military valour & courage achieved and recognised are usually given in the form of medals to be displayed proudly by the soldier who earned it by risking his life for country and his fighting mates.

How come got Singapore paper Generals who have never ever gone to war to prove his worth can get so many medals ? All from Sungei Rd or corn flake boxes...maybe only the long service and the markmanship ones only he earned it.


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Running the SMRT requires significant bravery.