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16 December 2011, Friday

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279 SAF servicemen awarded medal for counter-piracy effort for their contribution to international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden, 279 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen were awarded the Overseas Service Medal (OSM) on Wednesday morning. Minister of State for Defence and Education Lawrence Wong presented the medals to the servicemen at Changi Naval Base.
The servicemen were members of the returning SAF task group, which was deployed to the Gulf of Aden in August. The group included the RSS Endeavour, a Landing Ship Tank with two Super Pumas on board. During his speech, Mr Wong commended the high state of readiness shown by the task group when it successfully disrupted the attacks by suspected pirates on merchant vessels in November.



And yes I'm one of the 279 servicemen who was awarded medal, it's been 4 months away from home but indeed I have gain great experience in this deployment, went to different countries in the Middle East and different Tours in each one of it. Plenty of photos to be uploaded but time is not on my side. Because I got to catch a flight later in the morning 8am, heading for Cambodia for a holiday. So i will update my blog again for each and every port I went for this Deployment so stay tune.

Anyway, everything have come to an end, I finish my NS life and the new chapter of my life just get started. Just feel so alive and start kicking! Brighter paths for me to head on.

























14 December 2011, I've reach Changi Naval Base. Home Sweet Home, my parents and 3 of my friends Ivan, Karen and Jun Rong came and recieved me, really appreicate it.

 

 

22 August 2011, the day I left Singapore for the Deployment. My parents and my sister came to send me off. When my ship slip off, and I saw them on the wharf getting smaller and smaller and the morale of mine is getting lower and of course getting emotional.

 

 End `   KenKerron~~
Time : 1.29am
Location: Home, Singapore
 Weather: Fine