brigade?

• chikopek

  27 Dec 05, 09:03

  we know that there are brigades in infantry like 3SIB, 5SIB, 30SIB etc and there is armour brigades like 4SAB, 54SAB etc. also guards have their brigades like 7SIB.
  
  so does commandos and other combat support formations have brigades?
• lwflee

  27 Dec 05, 09:17

  Do you know what an SAF brigade is in the first place?
• norispurs

  28 Dec 05, 16:14

  if i am not wrong, commandos are grouped in battalions, not brigades... usually, a coy ORDs and goes into one of the NS battalions... never heard of brigades for commandos, since i think they are not big enough to justify that size... after all, they are supposed to be a small strike force, and do covert ops...
  
  as for other support formations, say, the medical side, they do not have brigades too i guess, since most of the personnel are always attached out to various battalions, and hence become part of that battalion...
  
  my 2 cents worth, been out of touch for 2 years... heh...
• Icemoon

  28 Dec 05, 23:58

  I have a good question.
  
  Shouldn't brigades be commanded by brigadier generals?
• laurence82

  29 Dec 05, 00:00

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  I have a good question.
  
  Shouldn't brigades be commanded by brigadier generals?

  Size not big enuff
  
  If you notice, most commanders are one rank below their actual ones
  
  Usually a division is commanded by a major general, now its a brigadier
• nightzip

  29 Dec 05, 00:10

  huh? so what? during war, or actual ops, everyone gets automatically promoted one rank up?
• nightzip

  29 Dec 05, 00:11

  CDOs from what i know, there is no brigades, but numerous battlns.
  
  In war, the CDO COs answer DIRECTLY to the CIO. no need to go through brigade commander, as their special missions are usually top secret and given directly from CIO.
  
  thats what i heard during my previous ICT.
• Icemoon

  29 Dec 05, 00:37

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  CDOs from what i know, there is no brigades, but numerous battlns.
  
  In war, the CDO COs answer DIRECTLY to the CIO. no need to go through brigade commander, as their special missions are usually top secret and given directly from CIO.
  
  thats what i heard during my previous ICT.

  Chief Infantry Officer?
• CKtalon

  29 Dec 05, 11:12

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Chief Infantry Officer?

  I think he meant CCO..
  
  Ya, there's this saying that once war comes, all the commanders' ranks go up by 1, due to the sudden increase in estab from peace time to wartime with all the reservists coming in..?
• nightzip

  29 Dec 05, 13:27

  yup. CCO.
• Icemoon

  29 Dec 05, 15:05

  Originally posted by CKtalon:

  I think he meant CCO..
  
  Ya, there's this saying that once war comes, all the commanders' ranks go up by 1, due to the sudden increase in estab from peace time to wartime with all the reservists coming in..?

  I find it ironical all the reservist PCs are at least LTA .. while active unit mostly only 2LT.
  
• nightzip

  30 Dec 05, 00:44

  no lah....almost all 2LTs at 2nd yr become LTA.
  
  Cuz LTA is the estab rank.
• Icemoon

  30 Dec 05, 01:47

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  no lah....almost all 2LTs at 2nd yr become LTA.
  
  Cuz LTA is the estab rank.

  They only become LTA near their ORD date.
• nightzip

  30 Dec 05, 02:39

  my unit and my friends one, all the officers get their LTA by end of 2nd yr leh...
  
  Ohh...cuz ours last time is 2 yrs 6 months.
• Icemoon

  30 Dec 05, 10:05

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  my unit and my friends one, all the officers get their LTA by end of 2nd yr leh...
  
  Ohh...cuz ours last time is 2 yrs 6 months.

  huh .. end of 2nd year means their ORD date??
• nightzip

  30 Dec 05, 15:29

  nono, it means they get their LTA at end of 2nd yr, so they can flash flash their LTA epaulettes for another 6 months lah.