Rare Badges You Have Seen Before in SAF
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From what I've heard from my Dad, recce units in his days had a badge, though I've not seen it personally.Originally posted by Gordonator:ok i need some help here. found this recce badge, but is it from SAF? i doubt recce nowadays wear any recce badge right?
He was from Bridging Engineers,Amphibious Recce.What I know is that the recce teams from all the different vocations had to undergo centralised scout trg at SMI and limited SERE training too. -
hmm... from what i know. they used to have a RECON tab. but never heard of a recce badge before. if really such a badge exsisted, it should be the one i posted.Originally posted by LazerLordz:From what I've heard from my Dad, recce units in his days had a badge, though I've not seen it personally. -
Perhaps it was canned?Originally posted by Gordonator:hmm... from what i know. they used to have a RECON tab. but never heard of a recce badge before. if really such a badge exsisted, it should be the one i posted.
There was supposed to be a Armt badge too..but we'll have to wait and see.
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what wings you have depends on what bilateral training opportunities you've had. different companies of NSFs would have gone to different countries / hosted different foreign units for bilateral training so you'll see a variety of wings. even within the same company not everyone might be involved, or not everyone might be free to jump on that day so you get different combinations of wings.Originally posted by Prestroz:haha... seems like it's rather common arh... you're a commando rite?? btw, why is it sometimes I see some of the NSFs with thai wing, some with indonesia kapossus wing, some with australian wing and some with the combination of all....???
e.g. my company hosted a bunch of kopassus types and we had a jump scheduled here. but bad weather meant only a few fellows actually made the jump (while the rest of us went round and round in the charlie for nothing) and so only they'd have the indon wings. then we also did a jump in australia later in the year - aussie wings. so you'd see some fellows with both, and others with one. -
whatever oversea airborne wing you have you can oni put up one at one time unless the other wing is to be wear on the right arm sleeve.
Local badges.
Left chest above pockets max 3 badges in 1 2 triangle shape.
Pocket flip max 2 badges
Pocket itself max 1 badges.
Oversea badges will be the same but on the right side.
for badges or tab on sleeve.
max 2 tabs and 1 badge below the tab above the rank if you are a spec.
For local badges it will be like airborne/freefall wing on top, JCC or CIB below and next to it a diver badge. pocket flip a Tae Kwon Do Black Belt badge, and if a Bomb Disposal, Ammunition Technician or Ammunition Technical Officer than a badge of such will be on the pocket. That is the max you can put on.
Oversea badge will be like air assault on top, airborne wing below and next to it a diver badge. pocket flip a Pathfinder badge with or US weapon specialist badge. That is max one can put on and if have a seal badge, i think with just that is more than enough.
The Special Forces qualification tab will be on the right sleeve w/o the badge or a miniature metal tab wear on the no.3 pocket flip -
this got to be the coolest badge i have seen face to face in my whole NS life. a navy seal badge, but not the metal version below but the no.4 version. this badge is huge, yes i mean real huge.
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sure or not. better go tell all the specs/warrants with more than 1 foreign airborne wing that they shouldn't be wearing them lor then.Originally posted by Joshua1975:whatever oversea airborne wing you have you can oni put up one at one time unless the other wing is to be wear on the right arm sleeve. -
Not true.As far as I know, in the GOM,they can put a maximum of three foreign badges on the right blouse space.In order of ranking for importance.Originally posted by quivalen:sure or not. better go tell all the specs/warrants with more than 1 foreign airborne wing that they shouldn't be wearing them lor then.
And airborne wings are NOT to be worn on the sleeve. -
Originally posted by quivalen:sure or not. better go tell all the specs/warrants with more than 1 foreign airborne wing that they shouldn't be wearing them lor then.
ya... was never sure.
air assault badge is not airborne wing. no one and really no one other than those NSF CDO put on 2 diff airborne wing on themself. does it mean anything that you put 3 diff wings? nothing much. which ever country airborn wing you get does not mean you go there and jump than you get.
a few BAC was done when US Army was here and so for that few others guys, who jump together ONCE, they get SAF and US airborne wing at the end of the course. so one on the left and other on the right.
it who despatch you that all. Jump Master from US despatch you, you get US wing. -
Interesting to note the last point.Originally posted by Joshua1975: ya... was never sure.
air assault badge is not airborne wing. no one and really no one other than those NSF CDO put on 2 diff airborne wing on themself. does it mean anything that you put 3 diff wings? nothing much. which ever country airborn wing you get does not mean you go there and jump than you get.
a few BAC was done when US Army was here and so for that few others guys, who jump together ONCE, they get SAF and US airborne wing at the end of the course. so one on the left and other on the right.
it who despatch you that all. Jump Master from US despatch you, you get US wing. -
max 3 foreign badgesOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Not true.As far as I know, in the GOM,they can put a maximum of three foreign badges on the right blouse space.In order of ranking for importance.
And airborne wings are NOT to be worn on the sleeve. not quite right. seem a few with 4 and who are to tell them they dun deserve to wear them?
as for foreign airborne wings, reason have been given. you just need to put on one all will know. it up to one, how many he have and which wing he wish to put on and as for wing on sleeve, never seem does not mean dun have. just after put that wing the rank get a bit lower. (old rank) new rank will be even lower but no one had that ever after.
oni seem NSF put US Wing on top of Thai Wing whom later get his CSM in a bit of trouble answering to RSM. hummm.... who can it be from/in here? -
nothing to it. those are the few lucky one who get both SAF and US wing for that few course.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Interesting to note the last point.
Jump was done in SG airspace above PLAB despatch by US Jump Master. -
SAF soldier wearing a US jump master wing. does that mean he made the required numbers of jump in US to get that star wing?
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doe he made all the required jump in US to get that US Star Wing?Originally posted by LazerLordz:Take a look at MWO Peter Estrop's badges.
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dum de dumOriginally posted by Joshua1975: ya... was never sure.
air assault badge is not airborne wing. no one and really no one other than those NSF CDO put on 2 diff airborne wing on themself. does it mean anything that you put 3 diff wings? nothing much. which ever country airborn wing you get does not mean you go there and jump than you get.no one and really no one
again i ask you, sure or not? -
true enough - you can get a foreign wing jumping in singapore. all depends on who the JM is.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Interesting to note the last point.
takes a little of the lustre out of foreign wings, does it? ;-) -
No trolling.
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gor gar is here
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He wants to be shot with a GPMG.Originally posted by HALI:gor gar is here 
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other than those NSF CDO lor.Originally posted by quivalen:again i ask you, sure or not?
US wing over Thai wing -
US ranger tab.
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maybe u can ask the current CO of 1 cdo why he put a thai wing and an indonesian wing together above the right pocket.Originally posted by Joshua1975:other than those NSF CDO lor.
US wing over Thai wing
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Hmmmz...guys any idea if the SAF trains with the British? Never seen any SAS or SBS badges worn by our troopers.Please share if you see any.
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ps. check wat Thai wing is on 1st.Originally posted by duajia:maybe u can ask the current CO of 1 cdo why he put a thai wing and an indonesian wing together above the right pocket.
1000 2000 3000 4000??
for local wing, once have freefall just need to put up that and it is enough. no one put 2 wings on the left pocket. Any?
as for oversea wing and more common for Thai wings, ps check how many type they have than come. you earn all the right to put on your wing but please the CORRECT one.
anyone hear of balloon jump? comon, check up 1st.
as a CO for CDO, if that is all he has, than ... RSM there is not going to tell him off, not even the SAF RSM. CO for CDO, min MAJ up to a COL
*no one is going to stop a COL for doing such things. (anyway which other COL or BG knows about this?)
*next, jump done in diff methods, no one will stop you as well because not many had the chance of doing so. (read below)
The Royal Thai Army balloon jump is a training system adopted from the Royal Air force (RAF) in the United Kingdom. However, The RAF retired the balloon system and discontinued this training aide in 1995. Now only the Belgians and the Thais use the balloon jump system and only the Thais have ever offered special balloon wings for those who qualify with the balloon.
The training benefit of the balloon jump is similar to that of the 250-foot tower at the US Army Airborne School in Ft. Benning, Georgia. After stepping out of the balloon and the parachute deploys, the skills that the paratrooper has to employ are the same as if he jumped from a forward motion fixed aircraft. The main difference between exiting a jump balloon and an aircraft in flight is that one must simply take one step forward, assume a tight body position, and drop into silence. There is no prop-blast and it takes a surprising 6,000 count before the parachute fully deploys at around 400 to 500 feet from the ground after exiting at around 800 to 900 feet up. In 1993, The Friendship Airborne Paratroopers exited at 700 feet as the upper winds were very strong that day.
The Royal Thai Army Special Forces adopted the balloon system in 1981. And since then many thousands of paratroopers have jumped it with no reported malfunctions upon exiting. However, once the parachute is fully deployed, the paratrooper must perform all of the standard parachute control and proper PLFs or risk back and leg injuries. The Thai paratrooper trainees make their first two qualifying jumps from the balloon and remaining three jumps from either a helicopters or fixed wing aircraft.
The Royal Thai Army balloon is from the United Kingdom and the huge winch that raises and lowers the balloon is Belgian made. The cable between the truck bearing winch and the raised barrage balloon is one thousand feet. The basket, or gondola, holds six paratroopers, including the dispatcher (Jump Master).
Many paratroopers want the thrill of jumping out the Royal Thai Army Special Forces balloon but very few foreigners have had that honor. In the year 2000, Friendship Airborne is planning a repeat of the 1993 friendship jump visit to the Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Center at Lopburi, Thailand. This visit will again include balloon and fixed wing jumps and the jumpers will earn both the balloon and the world famous Royal Thai Army three elephant "erawan" wings. As usual, the RTA Special Forces will put up on an impressive airborne, waterborne, and jungle warfare special operations demonstration, that included snake handling.
There will be the usual prop-blast dinner dance with displays of rural, classical, and traditional Thai dancing as well as demonstrations of traditional stick and sword fighting and modern kickboxing. Plenty of female Thai riggers and Jump Masters will be on hand to teach visitors the popular modern Thai dances.
Nobody can soon forget a friendship jump with the Royal Thai Special Forces.
Thai Army Baloon Jump wings Badge Pin (category almost exclusive to Thailand)