Malaysian Armed Forces

23rd PAT/CDF To Be Appointed This Friday

SHAH ALAM: The Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services Lt General Nizam Jaafar will be promoted as General and appointed as the Chief of Defence Forces this Friday. He will be the first flag officer to be appointed as CDF without heading either one of the three services, […]

Malaysian Armed Forces

22nd PAT is Retiring

SHAH ALAM: Even though the Defence Ministry and the Armed Forces are silent about the imminent change in the top leadership, thanks to the Singapore Defence Ministry, it is now confirmed that the current CDF TS Gen Mohammad Ab Rahman is retiring. As customary, Mohammad,61, today, made a farewell visit […]

DOSD

Assault 4X4 Vehicle for DOSD, Updated

SHAH ALAM: It appears that the Defence Special Operations Division (DOSD/BOPKP) – the successor to the ill-fated National Special Operations Force (NSOF) – has taken delivery of a new 4X4 assault vehicle. DOSD may well call the new 4X4 as a rapid intervention vehicle (RIV). The RIV was made public […]

Malaysian Armed Forces

New CDF 2023

SHAH ALAM: Army chief Gen TS Mohammad Ab Rahman was promoted as the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) at a ceremony at Kementerian Pertahanan today. Mohammad, 59, replaces Gen TS Affendi Buang, 62, who is retiring. Defence Minister DS Mohamad Hasan was present at the ceremony. Mohammad – the 22nd […]

Defence Contract

Fait Accompli

SHAH ALAM: Fait accompli. It appears that the LCS delivery deadline has slipped again, and it is likely that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is only expected to be in service with the RMN in 2026. Of course, this was expected as the revised delivery deadline of […]

Malaysian Armed Forces

New CDF In The New Year

SHAH ALAM: New CDF in the new year. It appears that the Armed Forces will have a new chief – Chief of Defence Forces – in the new year. The confirmation of this taking place was made in two e-tender notices issued by RMN’s headquarters on Dec. 12. The two […]

Malaysia -Armed Forces

New Chief, Plan B, Sort Off

SHAH ALAM: New Chief, Plan B, Sort Off. Former National Defence University (UPNM) vice chancellor and Army Chief Gen Zulkifli Zainal Abidin officially took over as the 20th Armed Forces Chief or Chief of Defence Force today (June 20, 2018). Zulkifli took over from Gen Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed […]