nPostednon May 31, 2016
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Onnthis date in 1961, the Brunei Armed Forces were formed—actually, anbetter translation of the name in the Malay language is the BruneinMalay Regiment.
Onnthis date in 1961, the Brunei Armed Forces were formed—actually, anbetter translation of the name in the Malay language is the BruneinMalay Regiment.n
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nOnnthis date in 1965, the name changed to the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
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n(In other words, the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment).
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nTherenare three branches: the Land Forces is the largest branch, and therenis also a small Navy and Air Force.
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nThenweapons and equipment used by the forces have been purchased fromnEurope and the U.S., and the military has no real combat experience.nHowever, the forces have been used in humanitarian and peacekeepingnmissions.
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nYounmight not be too surprised to realize that Brunei doesn’t manufacturenits own weapons, nor that its military hasn’t fought in any wars,nwhen you realize that Brunei is a tiny nation, smaller than the U.S.nstate of Delaware, and it has only been independent of the UnitednKingdom for a few decades. To learn more about Brunei, check out thisnand this other earlier posts.
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Bruneinis interesting, because it is completely surrounded (and divided!) bynthe country of Malaysia, it is located on the same island as a partnof Indonesia, it is near to China, and it was colonized by Britain. n
Bruneinis interesting, because it is completely surrounded (and divided!) bynthe country of Malaysia, it is located on the same island as a partnof Indonesia, it is near to China, and it was colonized by Britain. nn
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nBecausenof all these complexities, the population is largely Malaysian innheritage, with a sizable minority of Chinese heritage and othernassorted minorities.
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nMalaynis the official language of the nation, but most people speak BruneinMalay, and there are also a lot of people who speak Chinese and / ornEnglish. Of course, there are pockets of speakers of other languagesnas well.
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nBruneinhas an official religion – Islam – and most Bruneian Malays andnBruneian Chinese people consider themselves Muslim. However, 13% ofnthe population practices Buddhism, 10% practices Christianity, and 7%nis atheist.
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nInnother words, there is quite a bit of variety!
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nTakena look at some photos of Brunei:
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversarynof the discovery of the Catacombs
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nMacaroonnDay
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nWorldnNo-Tobacco Day
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nCastille-LanMancha Day
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nNationalnReconciliation Week in Australia
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nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in June
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