First Post-independence Combat Engieners - Editorial
When SAFTI was set up in 1967, an Engineer Training Wing was incorporated into the set-up. Two young officers, 2LT Gurcharan Singh and 2LT Chng Teow Hua, were selected to attend a basic engineer officer's course in Fort Belvior, Virginia, USA. Upon completion of their course, these two officers, with the Commanding Officer, MAJ George Mitchell, conducted the first Engineer Commanders' Course from April to August 1968. The graduate officers and NCOs from the course formed the nucleus of the Singapore Combat Enginners.
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