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Eks Satria Gagah and Perkasa Ends…

Two Gempita from 4 KAD moving into the frontline with flares firing on the ground.

SHAH ALAM: Eastern Field Command commander Lt Gen Mohd Sop Lepi officially closed Eks Satria Gagah and Satria Perkasa at a palm oil plantation inLundu, located some 80km by road from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. Satria Perkasa is the field training exercise which is the culmination of the command post exercise Satria Gagah.

The exercise started on March 1 and ended on March 8, the release from 1 Division stated on March 11. The main formation involved in the exercise is units from 3 Briged with assistance from troops from 1 Division. 3 Briged is based in Kem Penrissen in Kuching while 1 Division – which controls the three Army brigades in Sarawak – is now operating from Kem Muara Tuang at Kota Samarahan.

Eastern Field Command CO Lt Jen Sofi Lepi poring over the exercise map with 1 Division GOC Major General Fauzi Khamis. 1 DIV picture.

Six Gempita from 4 Kor Armor DiRaja took part, the first major exercise it had taken part in Sarawak, several months after the unit delivery of the 8X8 armoured vehicles, last year.4 KAD Reloaded.
Soldiers rushing up a hill during the exercise. The signaller is on the left, the middle one carries the M16 with M203 grenade launcher, while the soldier on the right carries a RPG launcher on his back apart from his M4 carbine.

1 Division release on the exercise stated that the Sofi told the soldiers such an exercise was important to show the professionalism of the Army.
OPFOR soldiers preparing for an assault.

Apart from Sofi, 1 Division GOC Mejar Jeneral Mohamed Fauzi Kamis, 9 Briged commander Brigedier Jeneral Ahmad Norzaini Badrun, 31 Briged commander Brigedier Jeneral Kamarulzaman Mohd Yunos and other seniors of the Eastern Field Command were present at the closing ceremony.
Waiting to move. The yellow thing on the muzzle of the M4 is the blank firing adapter.

PENUTUP EKSESAIS SATRIA GAGAH DAN SATRIA PERKASA BRIGED KETIGA INFANTRI MALAYSIA
SARAWAK. Panglima Medan Timur Tentera Darat (PMT TD), Leftenan Jeneral Dato’ Mohd Sofi bin Md Lepi telah menyempurnakan Majlis Penutup Eksesais Satria Gagah dan Satria Perkasa di sekitar Kawasan Am Lundu, Sarawak pada 8 Mac 2024.
Eksesais SATRIA PERKASA merupakan Field Training Exercise (FTX) 3 Briged yang dilaksanakan mulai 1 hingga 8 Mac 2024 adalah kesinambungan daripada pelaksanaan Eksesais SATRIA GAGAH (Command Post Exercise (CPX)) 3 Briged yang telah dilaksanakan pada 16 hingga 21 Februari 2024.
Eksesais ini dikendalikan bersama Markas Divisyen Pertama Infantri Malaysia (MK 1
Divisyen) dimana Pelaku Utama adalah Formasi 3 Briged dibantu oleh Trup Divisyen. Eksesais yang dilaksanakan selama 8 hari ini dilaksanakan bagi menguji keupayaan Formasi 3 Briged dalam Peperangan Konvensional.
Objektif utama eksesais ini adalah untuk menguji keupayaan ketumbukan Formasi 3 Briged pada semua peringkat dalam aturgerak bagi mempertahankan Kawasan Tanggungjawab. Selain itu, eksesais ini juga dapat membangun serta meningkatkan kemahiran individu dan kolektif yang diperlukan untuk mencapai misi sejajar dengan Visi dan Misi Formasi 3 Briged di setiap peringkat pemerintahan. Eksesais ini turut menguji keberkesanan perintah dan kawalan serta pengurusan logistik di peringkat formasi dan pasukan serta dapat meningkatkan kecekapan koordinasi dalam aspek taktikal, mobiliti dan kuasa tembakan pasukan gabungan dalam mewujudkan perancangan aturgerak yang efektif serta efisyen seiring dengan Teras Pertama Perintah Ulung Panglima Tentera Darat Ke-30 iaitu Sumber Manusia: Cakna Etos Kepahlawanan.
Di dalam ucapan majlis penutup tersebut, Panglima Medan Timur Tentera Darat menzahirkan ucapan terima kasih kepada Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak, Pegawai-Pegawai Daerah dan Ketua-Ketua Kampung kerana memberikan kebenaran bagi penggunaan fasiliti serta kemudahan secara langsung
ataupun tidak langsung sepanjang eksesais dilaksanakan. Beliau turut mengucapkan syabas dan tahniah kepada semua anggota Tentera Darat yang terlibat dalam pelaksanaan eksesais ini. Beliau berharap agar semua peringkat pemerintah dapat terus membudayakan latihan yang cekap dan berkesan agar dapat melahirkan anggota tentera yang kompeten dan menyokong sepenuhnya hasrat Tentera Darat yang
menekankan pentingnya keterampilan profesional anggota Tentera Darat.
Secara keseluruhannya, eksesais yang dilaksanakan ini telah memberikan pendedahan ilmu pengetahuan dari aspek Taktik, Teknik dan Prosedur serta pengalaman kepada semua anggota Tentera Darat yang terlibat untuk terus bergerak maju seiring dengan keperluan perkhidmatan. Selain itu,
pelaksanaan eksesais ini juga telah mengukuhkan hubungan silaturahim dan kerjasama Pegawai dan anggota Lain-Lain Pangkat.
Turut hadir dalam majlis penutup ini adalah Panglima Divisyen Pertama Infantri Malaysia,
Mejar Jeneral Datuk Mohamed Fauzi bin Kamis, Panglima Briged Ke-9 Infantri Malaysia, Brigedier Jeneral Ahmad Norzaini bin Badrun, Panglima Briged Ke-31, Brigedier Jeneral Kamarulzaman bin Hj Mohd Yunos dan Pegawai-Pegawai Kanan naungan Pemerintahan Medan Timur Tentera Darat
.

— Malaysian Defence

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View Comments (25)

  • It is telling to see that still some of our troopers are still armed with M16 and have yet transition to M4. This despite the local manufacturing contract was given years ago and even then there exist conversion kits to turn M16 into M4. As usual our defence industry have failed our boys.

  • The bulk of the force in this exercise is actually commanded by the person now relieved of command.
    https://www.malaysiandefence.com/army-senior-officer-relieved-of-command/

    Was that unfortunate event stemmed from the CO extreme dissatisfaction of his officers preparation and conduct for this exercise?

    BTW, the army keeps on doing exercises where the "good guy " is the one that is doing the attack/assault on the defending "bad guy". We need to do more exercises where the "good guy" is actually the one that needs to do the defending.

    Still on Borneo island, the first few units of Pindad Harimau light tanks are being assigned to Batalyon Kavaleri 13 (YonKav 13) in balikpapan kalimantan.

    • They usually do a lot of scenarios in these kind of exercises but for the closing ceremonies, it is usually the good guys doing the attack.

  • Agreed. We should be practising how to prevent an amphibious landing or eliminate an air assault.

  • The production have been years ongoing, we supposed to have switched over to M4, and yet still we see men with M16. What does that tell you?

  • M16s that still in use are the one\'s attached with M203 grenade launcher. Even wataniah got M4 nowadays.

  • Hasnan - “ Agreed. We should be practising how to prevent an amphibious landing or eliminate an air assault”

    If one wants to practice for every conceivable scenario the list would be a very long one.

  • Not sure why it seems like a new thing or surprise since isn't this the same arrangement when the Army was using Steyr AUG? No issues really since the M4 and M16 share common parts, use the same ammunition, use the same magazine.

  • Eastern Field Command HQ will have its own new installation at Batu Kawa, Kuching, dunno when constructions will start tho.