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Feb 11 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Lt Gen James Jarrard, DCG of USARPAC, visited Singapore on 9 Feb 2023. Jarrard called on Maj Gen David Neo (Chief of Army) & he also visited 6 Div/HQ Sense & Strike, where he was briefed on the SG Army's sense & strike transformation.

📷: PTE Teo Ze Xuan & 6 Div Media Team
Lt Gen Jarrard also met with Chief of Staff - General Staff, BG Tan Cheng Kwee after signing the guest book at MINDEF.
Lt Gen Jarrard stressed that continuous engagement is essential to build interoperability so the US & partner forces can respond to events & crises in the region, whether it’s humanitarian & disaster relief ops or respond to military situations.
Below, then Maj Gen Jarrad in a Black Hawk, over Syria (as he previously served as the Director of Operations of the US Special Operations Command).
Lt Gen Jarrad is aware of the SAF’s past contributions to the Defeat-ISIS coalition. Since 2014, the SAF has contributed assets (eg. tanker aircraft), & deployed imagery analysts, liaison & intelligence fusion officers & medical teams in support of Op Inherent Resolve.
Op Inherent Resolve is:

(a) a Special Forces direct action program; &

(b) a coalition air power campaign supporting the Iraqi security forces & the Syrian Democratic Forces (namely, the Kurds).

Singapore’s support lends legitimacy for American presence in Syria & Iraq.
Through 34k air strikes & direct action by Mar 2019, partner forces were able to liberate ~110,000 sq km of land & 7.7 million people fm fanatical ISIS rule in Op Inherent Resolve.

In Feb 2022, US forces tracked & killed Qurayshi in the rebel-held Idlib (northwestern Syria).
By 2018, the SAF’s role evolved to include training (see video) the Iraqi Security Forces in:

(a) tactical-level weapons & combat tactics, along side the Australians & NZ-landers; &

(b) counter--IED TTPs, along side the Brits.

The training for the Iraqi Security Forces was led by Australia (assisted by NZ), with some trainers fm Singapore. The SAF team was deployed as part of Task Group Taji — wh. ensured that the Iraqis were tactically proficient in battle (see video).

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Feb 12
On 9 Feb 2023, Singapore has sought approval to buy up to US$55 m in precision guided bomb kits to convert dumb bombs into smart bombs. JDAM is a "bolt-on" guidance package.

- JDAM GBU-31 is a 2,000 lbs (900 kg) bomb
- JDAM GBU-38 is a 500 lbs (225 kg) bomb Image
Basically, Singapore is buying 1,000 JDAM smart bomb kits:

- 900 of wh. are 500 Ibs class bomb kits (general purpose bombs)
- 100 of wh. are 2,000 lbs class bomb kits (tt can penetrate bunkers & kill command posts) Image
In addition, the latest order includes 250, Paveway II, laser guided bombs.

These laser guided bombs often require a JTAC or in SAF lingo STrike ObserveR Mission (STORM) on the ground to guide these bombs with lasers. ImageImageImage
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Feb 10
1. On 10 Feb 2023, 1 am, Singapore time (8pm local time), SCDF together with LEMA conducted a search & rescue operation at Kanlıdere Cd., fm a semi-collapse 2-storey building.

2. SCDF used a fibre-optic scope to confirm tt a man was trapped & he was rescued within 1/2 an hour. ImageImage
3. SCDF’s 2nd team arrived in İstanbul earlier, & are now in Adana, Türkiye. The 48-member team & 4 canines will augment the 20-member advance team that was deployed earlier.

4. The Singapore Embassy is with the 2nd team to speed deployment. ImageImageImage
5. Below is the Philippine team, also arriving at Adana (& checking in with the rescue regional command) before SCDF’s 2nd team, before being deployed for rescue ops.
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Feb 8
The reason why successful Taiwanese counter-attack PLA held beachheads & PLA held ports, is so important.

The ROC Army will need tanks, IFVs & air defence to counter-attack.
Much like fighting at Bahkmut*, without enough modern IFVs & MBTs, Taiwanese attempts to retake beachheads established by the PLA will be a meat grinder for the Taiwanese.

*Bahkmut is where the Russian Wagner mercenaries are sent to the meat grinder.
Realistically, meaningful help, in terms of military aid, is not going to arrive in Taiwan (to retake any beachhead lost to the PLA, for at least 60 days).
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Feb 7
1. The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Türkiye & Syria had topped 4,500.

2. Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan conveys Singapore’s deepest condolences to his Turkish & Syrian counterparts & sends an urban search & rescue team from the SCDF.
3. Led by LTC Lok Wee Keong, the advance team comprises of 14 DART rescuers, 4 paramedic specialists & a NSF doctor.

4. The SCDF team met with:

(a) Mehmet Burçin Gönenli, Turkish Ambassador to Singapore, &

(b) Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State,

before departure ImageImage
5. Dozens of well equipped urban search & rescue teams from around the world are rushing to Türkiye to render aid to victims.
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Feb 6
Q:What does balloons, Hezbollah, & Hamas & have in common with China?

1. All 3 challenge I’tl norms & engage in Unrestricted Warfare (wh. includes propaganda to set the context they desire).

2. A willingness to kill/die to make a point, w civilians/militia used as a shield.
3. Low tech arson balloons are not harmless, when it is used by Hezbollah & Hamas.

4. High tech spy balloons are also not harmless & should be destroyed when it enters sovereign air space.
5. The language of PRC protests is intended to enable the PLA, to deny routine ops of drones flown by others in Int’l airspace over disputed waters over the South China Sea (including around Natuna Islands), disputed waters around Senkaku Islands & so on.
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Feb 3
1. Counter-productive threats by an American senator directed at the Prime Minister of Japan.

2. Dumb Americans, like Trump & Mike Lee — are biggest threat to the country’s own allies.

3. By doing it this way, there is no scope for Japan to back down.
4. Below is the “SOFA Brief” by US Forces Japan, Lt. Ridge Alkonis received from a JAG on 29 May 2021 before 3-weeks of interrogations & subsequent conviction in a Japanese court.
5. There are some impt differences with the 1994 Michael Fay case — where then President Clinton intervened.

6. Fay was a serial offender, given 4 strokes of the cane for vandalising cars over a few months in 1993. He was not the only person arrested.

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