Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition


The Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition is an annual competition which confers awards of recognition to the most outstanding units of the Singapore Armed Forces in combat readiness, operational proficiency and administrative excellence. Besides encouraging the above, the award also seeks to promote esprit-de-corps and camaraderie among participating Army, Air Force and Navy units through friendly competition.
The assessment factors of the competition are:
The competition was started for active SAF units in 1969, before being extended to the reservist units in 1993. These units are conferred their awards at the annual Singapore Armed Forces Day parade.
The types of units that participate include:

Active Army units

The 1st Commando Battalion has won the Best Combat Unit for an unprecedented 33 times since the award was launched in 1969, and for 16 consecutive years since 2004

Retired award

Active Navy units

Two new awards in maritime security and in naval engineering and logistics were introduced in 2015.

Active Air Force units

The Best Helicopter Squadron award was introduced in 2010 to recognise the contributions of the RSAF helicopter squadrons. In 2014, two new awards in Control and Air Engineering were introduced. A new award in air logistics was introduced in 2015. 140 SQN currently holds the record for clinching the Best fighter Squadron 13 times.

Past National Service unit winners

Army NS units

Retired award

Naval NS units

A new Best Naval NS Unit award was introduced from 2015.
YearBest Naval NS Units
YearNaval
2015RSS Vigilance
2016RSS Vengeance Team 1
2017RSS Vengeance Team 1
2018RSS Vengeance Team 1
2019RSS Vengeance

Controversies

In 2009, three regulars from the 24th Battalion Singapore Artillery were convicted of falsifying their unit's test scores. Soldiers' results for the standard obstacle were doctored. As a result, the unit was disqualified that year and the trio were convicted and fined by the General Court Martial.

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