1. Senior Warrant Officer (SWO), Jennifer Tan, 52, Armour, The Singapore Army
SWO Tan is the first female Chief Warrant Officer among over 500 personnel from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF being promoted this year.
From the tender age of 9, she would accompany her late father, First Warrant Officer (Ret) Tan Hock Hai, to his workplace at the Tanglin Detention Barrack.
Those trips sparked her passion to join SAF in 1984 at age 18.
Two years after the army recruited its first female combatants in 1986, she finally seized her chance and applied for the Women’s Combat Scheme.
Over the years in the Armour formation, she has risen through the ranks and is set to become the SAF’s first female Chief Warrant Officer.
She felt that SAF has opened up more opportunities for women over the years, as long as they demonstrate their ability, commitment and passion.