Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)
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The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) (Distinguished Service Order (Military)) is awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces
for exceptionally distinguished service or merit in senior command or staff positions.
The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon.
Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.
The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
is the civil equivalent award.
Singapore Armed Forces
The Singapore Armed Forces is the military arm of the Total Defence of the Republic of Singapore; as well as the military component of the Ministry of Defence. The SAF comprises three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Navy...
for exceptionally distinguished service or merit in senior command or staff positions.
The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon.
Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.
The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang was instituted in 1968. It is awarded to any person who has performed within Singapore any act or series of acts constituting distinguished conduct...
is the civil equivalent award.
Recipients
- Gen John BakerJohn Baker (general)General John Stuart Baker, AC, DSM was an Australian army general. He was Chief of the Australian Defence Force from July 1995 to July 1998...
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, 1995-1998 - 2003 - Gen Surayud ChulanontSurayud ChulanontGeneral Surayud Chulanont is a Thai political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's Interim Government between 2006 and 2008...
(ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces - 2004 - Gen Peter CosgrovePeter CosgroveGeneral Peter John Cosgrove AC, MC is a retired Australian Army officer. He was the Chief of the Defence Force from 3 July 2002 to 3 July 2005, when he retired from active service...
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- 2005 - Gen Richard MyersRichard MyersRichard Bowman Myers is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the United States military's highest ranking uniformed officer....
(ret'd) - former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, and is the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council and the Secretary of Defense...
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(ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces - 2006 - Air Marshal Bruce FergusonBruce FergusonAir Marshal Sir Bruce Reid Ferguson KNZM, OBE, AFC is the former Chief of New Zealand Defence Force and Director of Government Communications Security Bureau. He took up the appointment when the previous Director Dr. Warren Tucker, took up his new role as Director of Security Intelligence Service...
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Chief of Defence Force - 2007 - Air Chief Marshal Angus HoustonAngus HoustonAir Chief Marshal Allan Grant "Angus" Houston AC, AFC is a retired senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force and was the Chief of the Defence Force from 4 July 2005 until his retirement on 3 July 2011...
- Australian Chief of Defence ForceChief of the Defence Force (Australia)Chief of the Defence Force is the most senior appointment in the Australian Defence Force . The CDF commands the ADF under the direction of the Minister of Defence, in a coequal arrangement with the Secretary of Defence, the most senior public servant in the Department of Defence.The position is a... - 2009 - Gen Djoko SantosoDjoko SantosoGeneral Djoko Santoso is a retired Indonesian general. He was Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army from 2005 to 2007. The was then appointed to the highest military office, that of Commander of the Armed Forces of Indonesia, in which capacity he served from 2007 until his retirement in...
- Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces - 2011 - Lt Gen Sir Jerry MateparaeJerry MateparaeLieutenant General Sir Jeremiah "Jerry" Mateparae, GNZM, QSO is New Zealand's 20th Governor-General. He was Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force between 2006 and 2011, the first Māori person to hold the office, and the Director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau from 7...
(ret'd) - former New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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