Best Boys' Wing Recruits Honoured
By Hadi DP Mahmud

Tutong - Military training for 52 Boys' Wing recruits of the 26th and 27th intakes, ended yesterday with a passing out parade at the Penanjong Camp in Tutong. The recruits had undergone 26 months of basic training.

Defence Ministry's Director of Intelligence Colonel Ra'emi Maleek Abdul Wahab, presented awards to the best recruits. Both intakes were awarded categorically, ranging from Best in M16A2 Rifle to Best in Physical Training. The `Overall Best Recruit' awards went to Sgt/Muda Ak Md Shahri Pg Shamsudin and Sgt/Muda Mohd Flarith Edin of the 26th and 27th intake respectively.

The parade was followed by a presentation of certificates to the recruits at the Royal Brunei Armed Forces' Training Institute in Penanjong Garrison.

The Boys' Wing, set up in 1979, provides a two-and-a-half year training programme for students aged between 15 and 17 looking for careers as armed forces engineers and technicians. The School of Studies under the Training Institute of Royal Brunei Armed Forces is responsible for preparing the boys wing's for their `O' Levels examination.

It also provides general courses from basic to advanced level for military personnel through academic education, language programme and map reading skills.  -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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