Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition

The Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition is an annual competition which confers awards of recognition to the most outstanding units of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in combat readiness, operational proficiency and administrative excellence. Besides encouraging the above, the award also seeks to promote esprit-de-corps and camaraderie among participating Army, Air Force and Navy units through friendly competition.

The assessment factors of the competition are:

Combat Proficiency Test
Marksmanship Test
Individual Physical Proficiency Test
Standard Obstacle Course
Unarmed Combat
Security
Manpower Matters
Logistics Readiness Inspection
Vehicle State
Training Safety

The competition was started for active SAF units in 1969, before being extended to the reservist units (now known as NS units) in 1993. These units are conferred their awards at the annual Singapore Armed Forces Day parade.

Past winners

Active army units

Year	Best Army Units
Year	Combat	Combat Support	Minor	Infantry	Armour	Artillery	Engineers	Signals	Logistics
1969	1 SIR	Not contested
1970	1 SIR	Not contested
1971	3 SIR	Not contested
1972	4 SIR	GEB	Not contested
1973	2 SIR	1 SIB	Not contested
1974	1 CDO BN	1 SIB	OMB	Not contested
1975	1 CDO BN	30 SCE	SAFPU	Not contested
1976	1 CDO BN	30 SCE	36 SCE	Not contested
1977	1 CDO BN	36 SCE	-	1 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	Not contested
1978	41 SAR	1 SIG BN	-	4 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	Not contested
1979	42 SAR	SAFPU	-	6 SIR	42 SAR	160 BN	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	Not contested
1980	7 SIR	SAFPU	-	7 SIR	41 SAR	160 BN	38 SCE	1 SIG BN	Not contested
1981	3 GDS	2 SIG BN	-	3 GDS	46 SAR	22 SA	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	Not contested
1982	42 SAR	SAFPU	-	3 GDS	42 SAR	23 SA	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	GSMB
1983	3 GDS	2 SIG BN	-	3 GDS	46 SAR	25 SA	35 SCE	2 SIG BN	OSB
1984	41 SAR	40 SAR	-	3 GDS	40 SAR	22 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	OSB
1985	1 CDO BN	40 SAR	-	1 CDO BN	41 SAR	22 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	OSB
1986	5 SIR	40 SAR	-	5 SIR	40 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1987	1 CDO BN	SAFPU	-	6 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	-	OSB
1988	1 CDO BN	20 SA	-	5 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	35 SCE	-	OSB
1989	1 CDO BN	20 SA	-	2 SIR	41 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	-	OSB
1990	1 CDO BN	24 SA	-	5 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	-	6 DSMB
1991	3 GDS	24 SA	-	3 GDS	46 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	-	GSMB
1992	1 CDO BN	22 SA	-	1 GDS	42 SAR	22 SA	36 SCE	-	GSMB
1993	1 CDO BN	23 SA	-	5 SIR	42 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	-	GSMB
1994	1 CDO BN	20 SA	-	5 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1995	1 CDO BN	22 SA	-	3 GDS	42 SAR	22 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1996	1 CDO BN	36 SCE	-	1 GDS	42 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 SAF TPT BN
1997	3 SIR	36 SCE	-	3 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	9 DSMB
1998	1 SIR	36 SCE	-	1 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	9 DSMB
1999	1 CDO BN	21 SA	-	1 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
2000	1 CDO BN	20 SA	-	3 GDS	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 DSMB
2001	1 CDO BN	2 SIG BN	-	3 GDS	40 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	2 SIG BN	9 DSMB
2002	40 SAR	20 SA	-	1 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2003	1 GDS	3 SIG BN	-	1 GDS	46 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	GSMB
2004	1 CDO BN	[[]]	-	3 SIR	46 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2005	1 CDO BN	23 SA	-	1 SIR	41 SAR	23 SA	35 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2006	1 CDO BN	3 SIG BN	-	5 SIR	46 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	GSMB
2007	1 CDO BN	3 SIG BN	-	2 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	1 AMB
2008	1 CDO BN	24 SA	-	3 GDS	40 SAR	24 SA	30 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2009	1 CDO BN	39 SCE	-	3 SIR	42 SAR	23 SA	39 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2010	1 CDO BN	39 SCE	-	3 GDS	42 SAR	21 SA	39 SCE	1 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2011	1 CDO BN	24 SA	-	3 SIR	48 SAR	24 SA	39 SCE	1 SIG BN	-
2012	1 CDO BN	11 C4I	-	3 SIR	48 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	11 C4I	-
2013	1 CDO BN	1 SIG BN	-	4 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	-
2014	1 CDO BN	1 SIG BN	-	4 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	38 SCE	1 SIG BN	-

Most times won Best Combat Unit: 27 times (1 CDO BN)

Most times won Best Combat Unit consequtively: 10 times (1 CDO BN 2004-2012)

Most times won Best Combat Support: 5 times (20SA)

Most times won Best Combat Support consequtively: 3 times (40SAR 1984-1986, 36SCE 1996-1998)

Most times won Best Infantry Unit: 9 times (3GDS)

Most times won Best Infantry Unit: 4 times (3GDS 1981-1984)

NS army units

Year	Best NS Army Units
Year	Infantry / Guards	People's Defence Force Command	Armoured	Artillery	Combat engineers	Signals	Combat Service Support
1994	67 GDS / 88 GDS / 187 SIR	73 SIR / 184 SIR	422 SAR	211 SA	307 SCE	6 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
1995	514 SIR / 543 SIR / 70 GDS / 91 GDS	63 SIR / 504 SIR	432 SAR	204 SA	307 SCE	8 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
1996	184 SIR / 188 SIR / 504 SIR / 514 SIR / 543 SIR / 70 GDS	-	423 SAR	265 SA	307 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1997	83 SIR / 188 SIR / 525 SIR / 541 SIR / 70 GDS / 550 GDS	-	423 SAR	204 SA	321 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1998	184 SIR / 514 SIR / 525 SIR / 542 SIR / 531 GDS / 549 GDS	-	416 SAR	204 SA	308 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1999	185 SIR / 187 SIR / 523 SIR / 573 SIR / 531 GDS / 548 GDS	-	425 SAR	211 SA	322 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2000	85 SIR / 187 SIR / 524 SIR / 573 SIR / 595 SIR / 548 GDS	-	466 SAR	211 SA	323 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2001	516 SIR / 542 SIR / 557 SIR / 602 SIR / 86 GDS / 90 GDS	-	466 SAR	274 SA	326 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2002	652 SIR / 621 SIR / 596 SIR / 550 GDS / 86 GDS / 524 SIR	-	466 SAR	254 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2003	652 SIR / 652 SIR / 595 SIR / 550 GDS / 90 GDS / 548 GDS	-	466 SAR	271 SA	327 SCE	9 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2004	652 SIR / 657 SIR / 596 SIR / 543 SIR / 566 SIR / 583 GDS	-	424 SAR	278 SA	328 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2005	588 SIR / 596 SIR / 657 SIR / 682 SIR / 550 GDS	-	466 SAR	275 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
2006	626 SIR / 657 SIR / 596 SIR / 581 SIR / 609 SIR	-	442 SAR	278 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2007	652 SIR / 622 SIR / 596 SIR / 609 SIR / 566 SIR	-	466 SAR	256 SA	328 SCE	6 SIG BN	31 FCSS BN

Active navy and air force units

Year	Best Navy Units	Best Air Force Units
Year	Ship	Fighter Squadron	Helicopter Squadron	Air Defence Artillery	Tactical Support Squadron
1981	RSS Independence (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1982	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	Not contested
1983	RSS Justice (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1984	RSS Dauntless (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1985	RSS Persistence (County-class LST)	145 SQN (A-4S Skyhawk)	-	165 SADA	-
1986	RSS Swift Archer (Coastal patrol craft)	140 SQN (Hawker Hunter)	-	165 SADA	-
1987	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	149 SQN (F-5E/F Tiger II)	-	165 SADA	-
1988	RSS Sea Hawk (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	149 SQN (F-5E/F Tiger II)	-	160 SADA	-
1989	RSS Sea Wolf (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	143 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	160 SADA	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1990	RSS Sea Dragon (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	143 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	165 SADA	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
1991	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	160 SADA	111 SQN (E-2C Hawkeye)
1992	RSS Vigilance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	165 SADA	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1993	RSS Valiant (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	160 SADA	125 SQN (Super Puma)
1994	RSS Sea Hawk (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	160 SADA	126 SQN (Cougar)
1995	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	160 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1996	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	3 DA BN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1997	RSS Sea Dragon (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	165 SQN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
1998	RSS Sea Lion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	165 SQN	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
1999	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)	-	160 SQN	125 SQN (Super Puma)
2000	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	163 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
2001	RSS Vigour (Victory-class corvette)	142 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)	-	163 SQN	111 SQN (E-2C Hawkeye)
2002	RSS Vigour (Victory-class corvette)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2003	RSS Vigilance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)	-	18 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2004	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	160 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
2005	RSS Resolution (Endurance-class LST)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	160 SQN	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
2006	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)	-	160 SQN	112 SQN (KC-135 Stratotanker)
2007	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)	-	3 DA BN	127 SQN (CH-47SD Chinook)
2008	RSS Formidable (Formidable-class frigate)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2009	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)	-	3 DA BN	112 SQN (KC-135 Stratotanker)
2010	RSS Stalwart (Formidable-class frigate)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)	127 SQN (CH-47SD Chinook)	3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)

References

External links

Video clips

CyberPioneer: Honour - Being The Best, 2008 on YouTube, accessed 4 December 2008.