Senang Diri

A blog on Singapore defence and the SAF that goes Above & Beyond The Obvious -The views expressed on this blog are my personal views and/or opinions. Copyright © 2009-2024. David Boey. All rights reserved. Follow us on Facebook @senangdiriHQ; Instagram @davidboeypix; Twitter @SenangDiri

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

10th anniversary of the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) Operation Flying Eagle Boxing Day tsunami relief mission

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Ten years ago today, I sent sail from the Republic of Singapore Navy's Tuas Naval Base aboard RSS Endurance with the Singapore Armed Fo...

No distance too far: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) search operation for AirAsia Flight QZ8501

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As Singaporeans settled down to enjoy the last Sunday of 2014, Lieutenant Teenesh Chandra, 26, rushed to Lebar Air Base from his family hom...
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Singapore Defence Budget 2015: Investing in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as our defensive shield for peace

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Stung by two destructive world wars last century, Western nations now keep a wary eye on any war machines that can reach out to wreck their ...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Shot heard around the world: Daesh (Islamic State) downs first coalition warplane, pilot captured

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It was a shot heard around the world. Hours after Daeseh militants claimed they had shot down a Royal Jordanian Air Force warpl...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

New acronym for Islamic State may soon take root in Singapore

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A new acronym, Daesh, looks poised to soon become part of defence conversations in Singapore.  It's an Anglicised shorthand for an Ar...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Crisp and clear: Overhead imagery to boost defence awareness

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When you can look around the neighbourhood once every 90 minutes instead of once every two days, such awareness represents a game-changer in...
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Mercy flight

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There was a casevac flight this afternoon around 1400 Hotel involving a Super Puma. Good to know that the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has...
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David Boey
Former Defence Correspondent at The Straits Times, a Singaporean English language broadsheet newspaper. ACCORD member. Working on a writing project before moving to staff comms. KEMENTAH is short for Kementerian Pertahanan, the Malay term for Ministry of Defence. Senang Diri is a Malay footdrill command which means "stand at ease". This blog is about defence information management, especially defence media relations and strategic media relations. It examines Singapore defence and security matters and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), which I'm very passionate about. I developed a life-long interest in the SAF the moment I attended my first SAF Display at Changi as a kid in the 1970s. Thankfully, I've made more friends than enemies while researching the SAF. : ) Please visit my Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChineseJunk1. MA in Security Studies, University of Hull (1996) under Prof Colin Gray, Dr Tim Huxley and Dr Eric Grove. US State Dept National Security & Counter Terrorism Program (2004) Reported on: * Flying Eagle: Taiwan 9/21 quake relief * Blue Heron I: Timor Leste * Blue Orchid I: Persian Gulf * Flying Eagle: Meulaboh, Indonesia
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