SHAH ALAM: Following the revelation of the RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Laut 4 (Mawilla) site in Muara Tebas, Kuching, yesterday, courtesy of the Armed Forces Headquarters we got more details on it. The release was issued by MAF later in the day. The release said the […]
SHAH ALAM: On Sunday, the Chief of Defence Force General Nizam Jaffar announced that the site for the RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Laut Empat (MAWILLA 4) will be at Muara Tebas in Kuching near the estuary of the Sarawak river. Nizam and RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy […]
SHAH ALAM: The US through it Indo-Pacific Command (US IndoPacom) is funding the expansion of the MMEA headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, the Tun Abang Salahuddin Complex or Komtas, located at Muara Tebas. The complex is located some 30km – by road – north of Kuching. Komtas was officially opened in […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in May 2023, Malaysian Defence wrote that a tender to ship fourty-seven 60mm mortars was published in Eperolehan. Six months later the Hirtenberger M6 Commando mortars were formally delivered to the Army. Some eight months later, we now know that one of the units which received the […]
SHAH ALAM: Brigadier Sauffi Omar, 53, has taken over as the commander of the Third Infantry Brigade based at Penrissen Camp today. He took over from the acting commander Colonel Mohamad Rosly Darasid. The Royal Ranger Regiment officer is the 40th commander of the brigade. General Officer Commanding First Division […]
SHAH ALAM: Eastern Field Command commander Lt Gen Mohd Sop Lepi officially closed Eks Satria Gagah and Satria Perkasa at a palm oil plantation inLundu, located some 80km by road from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. Satria Perkasa is the field training exercise which is the culmination of the command […]
SHAH ALAM: Bandar Tun Razak MP DS Wan Azizah Wan Ismail named MMEA’s first locally built – KM Tun Fatimah -pennant number 8305 – in a ceremony at the Kuching port in Kuching, Sarawak today (March 2, 2024). Wan Azizah is the wife of DS Anwar Ibrahim, PMX. Tun Fatimah […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that RMAF MSA fleet is complete, with the third aircraft already operational with No 1 Skuadron at the Kuching airbase in Sarawak. Tail number 01 – which was the last to be sent to Bandung for the MSA conversion – was pictured at the airbase in […]
SHAH ALAM: OPV1 has started its patrol in Sarawak waters which will boost the Malaysian maritime zone security, Home Ministry Secretary-General Ruji Ubi said on January 18. Ruji said the ship will be a deterrent against illegal fishermen as well as to reduce the risk of robberies against oil exploration […]
SHAH ALAM: 4 KAD based in Kuching, Sarawak, it appears has received the full complement of its 26 Gempita armoured vehicles. This was evident during a recent inspection exercise where at least 12 Gempita were seen in a Facebook post by the 1 Infantry Division. The post did not say […]
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