Singapore Command and Staff College
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The Goh Keng Swee
Command and Staff College (GKS CSC) is one of five officer schools of the SAFTI Military Institute
of the Singapore Armed Forces
(SAF). It was formerly the Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) but was named after Goh Keng Swee
in 2011. The inaugural Command and Staff Course commenced in 1969 and the College was officially opened in February 1970 by the Prime Minister of Singapore
, Lee Kuan Yew
, at its birth place at Fort Canning
. One of its first commanders was Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Wee Soon Huat. After relocating to Marina Hill in the seventies and Seletar Camp in the eighties, it finally moved into its present premises in SAFTI in 1995.
The College conducts the Command and Staff Course (CSC) for career officers and the National Service Command and Staff Course (NSCSC) for selected reserve officers who have demonstrated potential for higher command and staff appointments in the SAF. Annually, a number of International Officers (IO's) from regional nations are invited to attend the 10.5 month long CSC. In 2009, students from Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Thailand, Brunei, India, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia and the United States of America, attended the course.
The SCSC vision is: "World Class College, First Class Experience."
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/saftimi/units/SCSC/home.html
Goh Keng Swee
Goh Keng Swee was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years...
Command and Staff College (GKS CSC) is one of five officer schools of the SAFTI Military Institute
SAFTI Military Institute
The SAFTI Military Institute is a tri-service military training institution for officers of all ranks of the Singapore Armed Forces . Located within an 88 hectare campus in Jurong West, it was officially opened by the then-prime minister Goh Chok Tong on 25 August 1995...
of the Singapore Armed Forces
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...
(SAF). It was formerly the Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) but was named after Goh Keng Swee
Goh Keng Swee
Goh Keng Swee was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years...
in 2011. The inaugural Command and Staff Course commenced in 1969 and the College was officially opened in February 1970 by the Prime Minister of Singapore
Prime Minister of Singapore
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore. The President of Singapore appoints as Prime Minister a Member of Parliament who, in his opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of MPs.The office of Prime Minister...
, Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH is a Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades...
, at its birth place at Fort Canning
Fort Canning
Fort Canning is a small hill slightly more than 60 metres high in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district...
. One of its first commanders was Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Wee Soon Huat. After relocating to Marina Hill in the seventies and Seletar Camp in the eighties, it finally moved into its present premises in SAFTI in 1995.
The College conducts the Command and Staff Course (CSC) for career officers and the National Service Command and Staff Course (NSCSC) for selected reserve officers who have demonstrated potential for higher command and staff appointments in the SAF. Annually, a number of International Officers (IO's) from regional nations are invited to attend the 10.5 month long CSC. In 2009, students from Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Thailand, Brunei, India, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia and the United States of America, attended the course.
The SCSC vision is: "World Class College, First Class Experience."
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/saftimi/units/SCSC/home.html