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Sep 14, 2009
2 SAF teams for Afghanistan
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AS PART of Singapore's contribution to multi-national stabilisation and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will deploy two 17-man Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) teams to a base in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Oruzgan.
The WLR deployment is for nine months, with the first team deployed from September to January next year, and the second team from January to June, said the Ministry of Defence on Monday.
The WLR will provide early warning of rocket attacks and enhance force protection measures for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel at the base.
The SAF has made deployments to Afghanistan since 2007.
A medical team was recently deployed from November 2008 to May this year, to provide emergency and trauma care, primary health care and ward capabilities at a field hospital in Tarin Kowt.
A construction engineering team was also sent to Bamiyan province in April to supervise the construction of a paediatric and women's ward extension for the Bamiyan Provincial Hospital, as well as a security wall around a the provincial administrative building.
Sep 14, 2009
2 SAF teams for Afghanistan
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AS PART of Singapore's contribution to multi-national stabilisation and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will deploy two 17-man Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) teams to a base in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Oruzgan.
The WLR deployment is for nine months, with the first team deployed from September to January next year, and the second team from January to June, said the Ministry of Defence on Monday.
The WLR will provide early warning of rocket attacks and enhance force protection measures for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel at the base.
The SAF has made deployments to Afghanistan since 2007.
A medical team was recently deployed from November 2008 to May this year, to provide emergency and trauma care, primary health care and ward capabilities at a field hospital in Tarin Kowt.
A construction engineering team was also sent to Bamiyan province in April to supervise the construction of a paediatric and women's ward extension for the Bamiyan Provincial Hospital, as well as a security wall around a the provincial administrative building.
