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Nee Soon Camp is a Military in Upper Thomson, on the street of 303 Transit Road. Nearest Khatib MRT (NS14) is 25 mins away. Discover maps, directions, 26 photos, reviews and what is nearby like MRTs, LRTs and Shopping Centres within 2km.
Nee Soon Camp is a camp of the Singapore Armed Forces located in Yishun. It is part of the Army Deployment Force and the Singapore Combat Engineers, and hosts the Engineer Training Institute and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Defence Group.
NameLocationUnit (s)Amoy Quee CampHQ National Cadet Corps (HQ NCC) [1]Bedok Camp I1st Guards Battalion (1 Guards) [2] 3rd ...Bedok Camp II1st Guards Battalion (1 Guards) [2] 3rd ...Clementi CampHQ 2nd People's Defence Force (HQ 2 PDF) ...May 1, 2013 · Nee Soon Camp (1934-Present) Located opposite Kangkar in the olden days, Nee Soon Camp was first set up by the British in 1934 as one of the military bases in the northern part of Singapore. The recruits of first Singapore Infantry Battalion were trained at Nee Soon Camp when Singapore established its own military forces in 1957.
- Endings and New Beginnings
- Rugby Diplomacy and Geopolitical Golf
- Life in Dieppe Barracks
- An Inherited Legacy
Constructed between 1965 and 1966 for British troops based in Singapore, Dieppe Barracks was originally part of the new but short-lived Far East Fleet Amphibious Forces Base.2 Even as the Malayan Emergency (1948–60)3 gave way to Konfrontasi4with Indonesia (1963–66), Britain maintained its military position on the island after Singapore became an in...
While Singapore enjoyed relative peace and stability from the late 1960s, the foreign military presence at Dieppe served as an important conduit for defence diplomacy and cultural exchange. Sports facilities in and around the barracks provided the troops with recreational activities, fostered informal contact between military leaders, and engendere...
For the most part, a jocular mess culture prevailed at Dieppe Barracks. Archival video footage features barebodied servicemen practising drills, playing squash or basketball, lifting weights and wolfing down copious amounts of food at the cookhouse. The journal of 1 RNZIR described the camp as “our little kingdom… situated among golf courses, rugby...
Why does this story of Dieppe Barracks matter? Much of Singapore’s military history remains focused on World War II and the Japanese Occupation, and scholars have increasingly called for greater attention to our more recent past.25 Military spaces physically express the colonial, post-colonial and neo-colonial processes that have shaped Singapore’s...
Jun 9, 2019 · Many former National Servicemen who did their BMTs (Basic Military Trainings) at Nee Soon Camp would remember Transit Road, the short link between the army camp and the main Sembawang Road. Despite the limited space, Transit Road used to house …
Nee Soon Camp is a military base in Singapore with easy access to Springleaf MRT Station and various bus services. Learn about its history, location and nearby food places in this blog post.
The Army Deployment Force (ADF) is a rapid deployment unit of the Singapore Army based in Nee Soon Camp. It conducts counter-terrorism, expeditionary, humanitarian and disaster relief operations, and supports other security agencies.
