Tutong Camp | |
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Perkhemahan Tutong | |
Part of Royal Brunei Armed Forces | |
Near Tutong, Tutong District in Brunei Darussalam | |
Coordinates | 4°49′39″N114°40′12″E / 4.8275485°N 114.6699567°E |
Type | training base |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | Royal Brunei Land Force |
Controlled by | Royal Brunei Armed Forces |
Open to the public | no |
Condition | operational |
Website | RBLF official website |
Site history | |
Built | 1976 |
In use | 1976 – present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Second Battalion |
Tutong Camp (Malay : Perkhemahan Tutong), also sometimes referred to as in Malay, Tutong Kem, [1] is one of the military bases of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF / TDDB), and it is also home to the RBLF Second Battalion (2Bn). [2] The RBLF have two garrisons of army and military police stationed in the Tutong District, namely the Tutong and Penanjong Camp, as well as a shooting range in Binturan. [3]
It can be noted that the camp was previously referred to as Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (RBMR) Camp, Tutong. [4] In 2021, the population was 1,213. [5]
The military base was completed by late April 1976, and later on 10 May 1976, the 2Bn officially moved into Tutong Camp after being temporarily based at Bolkiah Camp. [2] [6] A total of six blocks of flats within the camp were scheduled to be completed on 26 November 1978. [4] On 2 September 1965, the 22nd Special Air Service (22 SAS) undergone a month long training period at the camp. [7] The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah presented the Royal Brunei Armed Forces with scented water during a ceremony at the Tutong Camp Parade Ground on 12 July 1994. [8]
The Tutong District tug-of-war competition was held at the Tutong Camp Sports Complex for the competition's final match on 10 July 2005. [9] A fire was put out on the 3rd floor of a barrack with no injuries reported on 21 March 2015. [10] Floods caused by heavy rain on 7 December 2019, prompt the Tutong District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) to identify both Tutong and Penanjong Camps to be used as a place of refuge. [11] Delegation from the Ministry of Defence was participated in the Fardu Maghrib prayer at the camp's Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera on 14 April 2022. [12]
There are several facilities built within the base:
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