NEWS HEADLINES
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE HOLDS A WORKING VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINE HMAS DECHAINEUX
MUARA COMMERCIAL WHARF, Saturday, 7 March 2020 - His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, today held a working visit to the Australian Collins Class Submarine HMAS Dechaineux, which is the first submarine to dock in Brunei Darussalam from 7 to 9 March 2020.
RBN RECEIVES PORT VISIT FROM COLLIN CLASS SUBMARINE, HMAS DECHAINEUX, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
MUARA, Saturday, 7 March 2020 – Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) welcomed the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Collin Class Submarine during her port visit to Brunei Darussalam (NDB) for a three day visit from Saturday, 07 March 2020 until Monday, 9 March 2020 at Muara Commercial Port (MPC). Present to receive the arrival of HMAS DECHAINEUX was Commander Willie Mathias bin Padan, Fleet Chief of Staff. Also present were RBN officers and personnel.
OFFICIAL VISIT BY THE CHIEF OF AUSTRALIAN NAVY TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
MUARA, Saturday, 7 March 2020 – The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) received a visit from Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, Chief of Royal Australian Navy as part of his official visit to Brunei Darussalam (NDB) in conjunction with the arrival of Collin Class Submarine, HMAS DECHAINEUX from 7th March 2020 until 9th March 2020.
RBN RECEIVED STUDY TOUR FROM 49TH PAKSITAN NAVY STAFF COURSE
MUARA, Thursday, 5 March 2020 – The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) today received foreign study visit from the 49th Pakistan Navy Staff Course. The group consist of 23 course participants, 5 foreign participants from China, Maldives, Sudan and Sri Lanka. During the visit, Commander Sony Iskandar bin Rasani, Chief of Staff Royal Brunei Navy welcomed the head of delegation, Commodore Masood Ul Hassan, Commandant Pakistan Navy Cadet College.
EXERCISE HORNBILL 27/19 CLOSING CEREMONY
KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, Wednesday, 03 March 2020 – Today marked the conclusion of Exercise HORNBILL 27/19, with the closing ceremony and deactivation of Task Group (TG) 27.1 at Kota Kinabalu Naval Base (KKNB), Sepangar Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
EXERCISE HORNBILL 27/19 OPENING CEREMONY
MUARA, Thursday 27 February 2020 – The opening ceremony of Exercise HORNBILL series 27/2019, between the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), was conducted earlier this morning at the Naval Training Centre (NTC), RBN Base. Present as the Guest of Honour was First Admiral Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Othman bin Haji Suhaili@Haji Suhaily, Commander RBN, who officiated the opening of the exercise and subsequently activated Task Group 27.1. Also present during the Opening Ceremony was Yang Berbahagia Vice Admiral Dato’ Pahlawan Syed Zahrul Putra bin Syed Abdullah, Eastern Fleet Commander (EFC) RMN, Captain Norshahrinizam bin Haji Talib, Fleet Commander (FC) RBN, Colonel Kamarudzaman bin Mohd Thani, Malaysia Defence Adviser to Brunei, as well as officers, men and women from both navies.