Event: 2017 Army Open House Jurong East
Date: 09 (Fri) – 11 (Sun) June 2017
Time: 10 am – 10 pm | 1000 – 2200 hours
Venue: Open field near Westgate at Jurong East
Admission: Free
]1[ Poster for the 2017 Army Open House @ Heartland
]2[ School visit from the nearby kindergarten.
]3[ GPMG with a thermal sight.
]4[ L2R: Point Of Installation (POI) troopers armed with a 870 MCS shotgun and Milkor AGL.
]5[ Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) Mark II.
]6[ MB G Wagon recce jeep with a mini UAV.
]7[ Very Slender Vessel (VSV) used by the commando.
]8[ Leopard 2SG with new upgrade of the commander panoramic sight, Elbit Systems ELOP COAPS.
]9[ Thumbs up for the 2017 AOH at Jurong East.
]10[ SPIKE SR for the Infantry Company Man Portable Anti Tank (MPAT) Teams.
]11[ A very young lady checking out the optics on the Milkor AGL.
]12[ L2R: SAR21 with grenade launcher, M110 semi automatic sniper rifle and the Sako TRG 22 sniper rifle.
]13[ Sniper armed with a Sako TRG 22.
]14[ Bronco ATTC.
]15[ Terrex ICV armed with a GPMG | 40AGL+RCWS.
]16[ Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV) armed with a GPMG+RCWS.
]17[ Protected Response Vehicle armed with a GPMG+RCWS.
In the past, the Singapore Armed Forces, RSAF, RSN and Army open houses were a biannual event.
Then the open houses took a back seat with more emphasis on foreign engagement and the local engagement became small scale events.
After a hiatus of five years the Army Open House (AOH) returned to the F1 Pit Building, this is the second time that the AOH is being organised there instead of the army camps.
Cheers.
Event: 2017 Army Open House
Date: 27 (Sat) – 29 (Mon) May 2017
Time: 9 am – 8 pm | 0900 – 2000 hours
Venue: F1 Pit Building
Admission: Free
]1[ Poster for the 2017 Army Open House at the main entrance.
]2[ Main entrance and security screening.
]3[ Military Police precision drill display with the SAF military band.
]10[ Deployment of armour infantry from a Bionix II AFV.
]11[ Deployment of Army Deployment Force (ADF) troopers from a Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV).
]12[ Army Deployment Force (ADF) troopers armed with the SAR21.
]13[ HIMARS and two Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) Mark II doing a figure of eight.
]14[ Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) Mark 2, dual SPIKE ATGM launcher in firing position.
]15[ Insertion of Special Operation Force (SOF) by parachute.
]16[ Military working dog, Ubu, confirming that there is an IED inside the Ikea Frakta carrier bag.
]17[ CBRE Talon bomb disposal robot neutralising the IED.
]18[ CBRE EOD operator in an Allen Vanguard EOD/ IEDD Bomb Suits confirming that the IED has been neutralised.
]19[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]20[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]21[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]22[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]23[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]24[ Special Operation Force (SOF) hostage rescue demonstration.
]25[ Special Operation Force (SOF), Ford F550 left hand drive, with a Patriot3 Mobile Adjustable Ramp System (MARS) Elevated Tactics Systems (ETS).
]26[ Vehicles and men involved in the Dynamic Defence Display (D3).
]27[ Vehicles and men involved in the Dynamic Defence Display (D3).
]28[ Sniper armed with a Sako TRG 22 and POI trooper armed with a 870 MCS shotgun.
]29[ First showcase to the public, Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV).
]30[ First showcase to the public, SAFARI Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) on a Bronco ATTC , Elta Systems ELM-2311 Tactical Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM).
]31[ Leopard L2 Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV) armed with a 0.50 HMG+RCWS.
The 2017 Cosfest XVI was brought forward to the month of May as Downtown East is having a renovation.
I was very surprised to see that all the old buildings were demolished and replaced with new shopping centre when I reached Downtown East.
Most of the cosplayers and photographers were concentrated at the building behind the D’Marquee as the small field in front of it became very small due to the ongoing construction.
