A BREVET TO CALL THEIR OWN

Whenever the Air Force conducted its Officers' Combined Graduation Ceremony, all the graduating officers from various vocations would be presented with their own unique brevets.

All except the Air Logistics Officers.

Chief of Air Force, Major-General (MG) Lim Kim Choon, remarked at last year's graduation ceremony that the Air Logistics community should have their own brevet as well.

Hence, the Air Logistics Organisation (ALO) embarked on the 'mission' of designing a brevet that would serve as a common identity for all air logistics vocationalists.

"Given ALO's diverse scope, it is conceptually impossible to represent every facet of Air Logistics within the small 4 cm by 4 cm badge," said Head of Air Logistics, Colonel (COL) Tsoi Mun Heng.

Thus, as the brainstorming progressed, the design shifted towards embodying the "spirit of ALO, which is timeless and invariant".

Since the brevet was unveiled at the ALO Dinner and Dance on 13 May, response has been positive, said COL Tsoi.

"The men are very proud to have a brevet to identify with," he said.

Besides giving them a sense of identity, the brevet will also serve as visible recognition of the contributions of the air logisticians and their specialised fields.

The ALO brevet will be donned by active personnel and NSmen - the gold for officers and the silver for WOSAs. And since this is a vocation badge, the brevet will be awarded when Air Logistics personnel graduate from their basic vocation course in Air Force School.