Talk:Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Improvement drive
Brunei is currently nominated on This week's improvement drive. Come and support it with your vote! --Fenice 18:07, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Info moved away from the main page
I'm moving the following information here because they are PV, unsourced/unaccurate or considered as trivia.

Needs updating
Wrong name for the commander.147.188.254.212 (talk) 11:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Brunei's defense spending of $343 million (5.1% of GDP) is considerable for such a small state.

Military branches: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 104,447 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 60,395 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 2,957 (2000 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $343 million (FY98)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.1% (FY98)

--Novelty 08:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

RBAF vs RBLF
I found this sentence a little odd. Text bolded for emphasis. The Royal Brunei Armed Forces is the largest of the armed services, with a relatively small air force and navy. Of course the Royal Brunei Armed Forces are larger than the air force and navy, they are smaller parts of it. I think the original editor meant that the Royal Brunei Land Forces are the largest service branch of the RBAF. 75.69.0.58 (talk) 12:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2015
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces was formed on 31 May 1961. Known as the Askar Melayu Brunei, (Brunei Malay Regiment in Malay) it was honoured with the royal title on 31 May 1965, when the word 'Diraja' (Royal in Malay) was added to the title. It was then known as Askar Melayu Diraja Brunei, (Royal Brunei Malay Regiment). Since Independence Day, 1 January 1984, the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment has been renamed as the Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (Royal Brunei Armed Forces in Malay).

Only Brunei citizens of the Malay ethnicity (Bumiputera) are allowed to enlist in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The Malay ethnicity comprises the Belait, Bisaya, Brunei, Dusun, Kedayan, Murut, and Tutong indigenous races as defined in the Brunei constitution. Military service is not compulsory for any segment of the population; there is no conscription.

The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) use a wide range of foreign equipment, with a large percentage originating from the United Kingdom, France/Europe and the United States. The Royal Brunei Land Forces is the largest of the armed services, with a relatively small air force and navy. The Bruneian military lacks any recent combat experience but has been deployed regionally in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. Brunei also has extensive military relations with Singapore. In 31 May 2011, Royal Brunei Armed Forces reached its golden jubilee.

Role and Organisation
The Role of Royal Brunei Armed Forces is to:
 * Deter any outside powers intending to undermine directly or indirectly in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State of Brunei, and to prevent any subversive elements actual or potential operating in the State of Brunei;
 * Undertake military operations to counter aggression, terrorism or insurgency;
 * Assist in maintenance of public order in support of the Police and Civil Authority, if called upon
 * Maintain good Community relations by which the Royal Brunei Armed Forces can be identified with the Government and Civil population of Brunei.

The Royal Brunei Armed Forces is divided into four branches:
 * Royal Brunei Land Forces
 * Royal Brunei Air Force
 * Royal Brunei Navy
 * Training Institute

Royal Brunei Land Forces
The Royal Brunei Land Forces is a brigade sized formation that consists of three battalions and a support battalion. The role of the Royal Brunei Land Forces is to maintain the security of Brunei and to defend the sovereignty of the country. Its main responsibility is to oppose any threat from within or outside the country and to maintain peace and security in the country.

Royal Brunei Air Force
The Royal Brunei Air Force is a small, mainly helicopter-based force which is tasked with supporting the other branches of the armed services and defending Bruneian air space. It was established in 1965 and consists of a range of helicopters, including: 10 Bell 212 and the 4 Sikorsky S-70. The Bell 212s are to be replaced 2013-2015 by 12 Sikorsky S-70i.

The Royal Brunei Air Force fixed-wing inventory is limited to around 4 Pilatus PC-7 training aircraft and Airbus CN-235 transport aircraft. On July 14, 2014, the Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces announced plans to order the C-130J in the near future. On October 7th, 2014, Brunei purchased a single C-130J with spare parts and logistic support for 343 million dollars.

Royal Brunei Navy
The Royal Brunei Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, abbreviated TLDB) is the naval defence force of Brunei Darrussalam. It is a small but relatively well-equipped force whose main responsibility is to conduct search and rescue missions and to deter and defend the Brunei waters against attack mounted by sea borne forces.

Support Services
The Support Services Royal Brunei Armed Forces had the responsibility of providing support services to units in the RBAF in all aspects pertaining to their administration, security, health, logistics, communication, transportation and technical equipment service support to all units in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The Support Services or the Royal Brunei Armed Forces also worked closely with other units in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces to undergo and help coordinate military training and operations

As part of the reorganization of the RBAF, the Support Services was disbanded in early 2009 and its various units were relocated. .

Training Institute
The Training Institute of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces is also known as the Military Training Institution. It provides basic military training to all new recruits to the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Other military courses are also offered and conducted in the institution to personnel of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

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Blatant vandal on the article
I'm just getting worried that the unknown IP really has a hard on putting North Korea on the list of foreign suppliers despite a lack of proof. Ominae (talk) 13:52, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, this seems to be the same vandal who also inserts fake sister cities all over the world, a mess even more difficult to clean up. andy (talk) 10:51, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Things to do with this article
Ominae (talk) 14:03, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The page needs to be organized, especially with the wake of having RBAF commanders included. Don't know where's a good place to put it.
 * Vandal is back again. Seriously, I think the article should be locked permanently. Keeps putting in combloc countries without proof.

When was the Brunei army force open
If anyone knows about the Date please then tell the answer ? 103.124.97.23 (talk) 13:01, 27 December 2022 (UTC)