Overview

• The SAF will transition to smaller, decentralised units leveraging advanced technology to expand leadership opportunities for NSFs and NSmen.
• Defence planners are exploring a second Multi-Mission Range Complex to allow operationally ready servicemen to maintain live-firing proficiency and train more regularly.
• The SAF Volunteer Corps has achieved an acceptance rate of one in eight applicants, prompting a review to offer varied participation levels based on volunteers’ skill sets.
• Recruitment efforts are diversifying to bring in personnel from different backgrounds, with all deployments awarded strictly on merit to prevent tokenism.
• Advances in military technology are reshaping service demands and enabling the expansion of women’s roles across all four SAF services without resorting to conscription.