AUSTRALIA,Sunday 18 May 2014 - Eighteen personnel from the Royal Brunei Land Forces' (RBLF) Shooting Team have safely returned to the Sultanate after participating in the annual Australian Army Skill At Arms Meeting (AASAM) 2014, held from 29th April to 16th May 2014 at Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia.
This year, the RBLF Shooting Team has displayed a successive and impressive performance and perhaps bettering their competition in the previous AASAM by bagging 5 x Gold, 7 x Silver and 1 x Bronze in various matches.
12290 Pte Khairulizam bin Bagol stole the limelight as he emerged as champion in the Individual Pistol Match by obtaining three gold medals. 10427 Sgt Remeoaddy bin Musim has also won first place in the Sniper Match (Match 200 Sniper Badge Test) while 17381 Pte Md Erwan bin Md Hilmi and 16651 Pte Rosli bin Hj Badar bagged their gold medal in the LSW/GPMG Falling Plate Match.
The RBLF Shooting Team has also won silver medals in the Pistol and Rifle Match. In the Pistol Match, 17013 Pte Eddy Kasuma bin Haji Awg Omar won 2 silver in Pistol Match Advanced Application of Fire and Individual Pistol Match. Whereas 12290 Cpl Khairulizam bin Bagol, 15007 Cpl Usmarizal bin Haji Usin, 17013 Pte Eddy Kesuma bin Haji Awg Omar and 18020 Pte Junaidi bin Kassim won silver respectively in Pistol Match. And, in the Rifle Match, 16651 Pte Rosli bin Haji Badar won silver in Rifle Match 24 Moving Target. 10295 Sgt Mohamad Amil bin Amin also won the third position in Match 200 Sniper Badge Test.
A total of 15 teams from Australia, Canada, French Forces New Caledonia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, United Kingdom and the United States were participating alongside Brunei Darussalam competitors in AASAM 2014.
Brunei Darussalam's participation, apart from competing in shooting skills, was also aimed at fostering unity, friendship, trust and understanding among participating countries.