SAF deploys nearly 50% more personnel for largest overseas exercise in Australia
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SHOALWATER BAY, AUSTRALIA - There were tearful scenes at Changi Airport when Third Warrant Officer (3WO) Rohaizeman Sulaiman left for reservist on Wednesday (Sept 18). «My kids cried and asked why I had to go so far away from them for so long,»SAF deploys nearly 50% more personnel for largest overseas exercise in Australia
SHOALWATER BAY, AUSTRALIA - There were tearful scenes at Changi Airport when Third Warrant Officer (3WO) Rohaizeman Sulaiman left for reservist on Wednesday (Sept 18). «My kids cried and asked why I had to go so far away from them for so long,» the 39-year-old told AsiaOne at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia. «I'm very thankful that my wife has been very supportive, she has been holding the fort to take care of them.» Father of two Rohaizeman is one of the 6,200 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel who are involved in Exercise Wallaby - the SAF's largest unilateral overseas exercise. Exercise Wallaby kicked off on Sept 8 and will run until Nov 3. With an increase from six to nine weeks, this year's edition is also the longest since it started in 1990. Despite missing home and family, Rohaizeman said that the experience of training overseas has been an «eye-opening» experience. The regimental sergeant major at 33rd Combat Service Support Battalion, who last participated in Exercise Wallaby in 2010, is returning to Singapore in two days. Read more