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For Colonel Fairoz Bin Hassan, joining the Army was initially a practical decision — a means to fund his education, as his parents couldn't afford the costs.But what began as a necessity gradually transformed into a passion and, ultimately, a calling.Col Fa'Army is not just a career, it's a calling': Chief Infantry Officer credits parents for shaping his journey
For Colonel Fairoz Bin Hassan, joining the Army was initially a practical decision — a means to fund his education, as his parents couldn't afford the costs.But what began as a necessity gradually transformed into a passion and, ultimately, a calling.Col Fairoz was among 1,282 Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces personnel promoted over the last two days, and is the second from the Malay community to be promoted to Brigadier General.The promotion will be effective July 1. Speaking to AsiaOne on Friday (June 27), the 46-year-old Chief Infantry Officer recounted a pivotal moment that reshaped his perspective — his deployment to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2005, soon after the 2004 tsunami, in support of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. «My job was a UN liaison officer, and I was tasked with coordinating all the HADR relief efforts, linking up with what the public needed,» he said. Read more