Tutong Camp | |
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Perkhemahan Tutong | |
Near Tutong, Tutong District in Brunei | |
Coordinates | 4°49′39″N 114°40′12″E / 4.8275485°N 114.6699567°E |
Type | Training base |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | Royal Brunei Land Forces |
Condition | Operational |
Website | Official website |
Site history | |
Built | 1976 |
In use | 1976 – present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Second Battalion |
Tutong Camp (Malay: Perkhemahan Tutong), also sometimes referred to as in Malay, Tutong Kem,[1] is one of the military bases of the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF) and it is also home to the Second Battalion (2Bn).[2] 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.[3]
It can be noted that the camp was previously referred to as Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (RBMR) Camp, Tutong.[4] In 2021, the population was 1,213.[5]
The base was completed by late April 1976 and later on May 10, 1976, the 2Bn officially moved into Tutong Camp after being temporarily based at Bolkiah Camp.[2][6] A total of 6 blocks of flats within the camp were scheduled to be completed on November 26, 1978.[4] On September 2, 1965, the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) undergone a month long training period at the camp.[7] The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah presented the Royal Brunei Armed Forces with scented water during a ceremony at the Tutong Camp Parade Ground on July 12, 1994.[8]
The Tutong District Tug-of-war competition was held at the Tutong Camp Sports Complex for the competition's final match on July 10, 2005.[9] A fire was put out on the 3rd floor of a barrack with no injuries reported on March 21, 2015.[10] Floods caused by heavy rain on December 7, 2019, prompt the Tutong District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) to identify both Tutong and Penanjong Camps to be used as a place of refuge.[11] Delegation from the Ministry of Defence was participated in the Fardu Maghrib prayer at the camp's Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera on April 14, 2022.[12]
There are several facilities built within the base: