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Tutong Camp (Malay: Kem Tutong) is one of the military bases of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF), and it is also home to the RBLF Second Battalion (2Bn). The RBLF have two garrisons of army and military police stationed in the Tutong District, namely the Tutong and Penanjong Camp, as well as a shooting range in Binturan.
It can be noted that the camp was previously referred to as Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (RBMR) Camp, Tutong. In 2021, the population was 1,213.




History


The military base was completed by late April 1976, and later on 10 May 1976, the 2Bn officially moved into Tutong Camp after being temporarily based at Bolkiah Camp. A total of six blocks of flats within the camp were scheduled to be completed on 26 November 1978. On 2 September 1965, the 22nd Special Air Service (22 SAS) undergone a month long training period at the camp. The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah presented the Royal Brunei Armed Forces with scented water during a ceremony at the Tutong Camp Parade Ground on 12 July 1994.
The Tutong District tug-of-war competition was held at the Tutong Camp Sports Complex for the competition's final match on 10 July 2005. A fire was put out on the 3rd floor of a barrack with no injuries reported on 21 March 2015. Floods caused by heavy rain on 7 December 2019, prompt the Tutong District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) to identify both Tutong and Penanjong Camps to be used as a place of refuge. Delegation from the Ministry of Defence was participated in the Fardu Maghrib prayer at the camp's Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera on 14 April 2022.




Facilities


There are several facilities built within the base:

Tutong Camp Sports Complex
Tutong Camp Drill Square
Tutong Camp Parade Ground
Tutong Camp Primary School
Tutong Camp Religious School
Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera




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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Halbi bin Muhammad Yussof
• Daftar tempat wisata di Indonesia
• Daftar kota tertinggi menurut negara
• Lumut, Brunei
• Angkatan Darat Kerajaan Brunei
• Tutong Camp
• Tutong
• Royal Brunei Land Force
• Brunei Pan-Borneo Highway
• Queen Damit of Brunei
• Halbi bin Mohammad Yussof
• Pengiran Ibnu Basit
• Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
• Mukim Pekan Tutong
• Muhammad Wata