Finding their bearings amid choppy seas

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MY DAD THE SOLDIER
03 Oct 2019 | OPS & TRAINING

MY DAD THE SOLDIER

IN THE LAST OF PIONEER'S CHILDREN'S DAY SPECIAL, 8-YEAR-OLD ADAM AQEEL AND 6-YEAR-OLD DANIYAL ELMAN GET HANDS ON WITH THE TERREX AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR FATHER, 2ND WARRANT OFFICER MUHAMMAD SHAHRUL, DOES AS A TRAINER IN THE MOTORISED INFANTRY TRAINING INSTITUTE.

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