First Woman To Be Promoted To BG Rank In MAF
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A dentist in MAF...
well done anyway....
The Dental Consultant at the Armed Forces Dentistry Centre (PGAT) Dr Roshidah Ishak has become the first woman to hold the rank of Brigadier-General in the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM).
Dr Roshidah, from the Army's Royal Medical Corps (RMC), was also the first woman to hold rank of Colonel in 1988.
She received the Brigadier-General's star from Army Chief, General Datuk Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin at a special function for the donning of the ranks for senior army officers at Wisma Pertahanan, here Monday.
"I feel proud and touched by the conferment of the rank and I hope this conferment can encourage other women members (in the ATM) to be more inspired in carrying out their duties," she said.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Ismail said 62 senior army officers had been promoted since early this year and today was the fourth ceremony for the donning of their new ranks.
"Today is a historic day for the army when a woman receives the rank of Brigadier-General for the first time," he said in his speech at the ceremony.
He also hoped there would be more women promoted to senior ranks in the military in future.
Besides Dr Roshidah, another woman officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Norhuda Ahmad, who is the Director of Research and Publications at the South-East Asian Regional Centre, the army's Royal Intelligence Corps (KRD), was also promoted to Acting Colonel.
Thirty senior officers from the various corps in the army donned their new ranks at the function today. -
wah 19 years as a colonel.
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hentakaki chepat hentak~Originally posted by beavan:wah 19 years as a colonel. -
why do they need a BG dentist?
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P-ussy colonel who needs to extract a tooth: "Nooooo, I hate having my tooth taken out, painnnnnnnnnnn!!"Originally posted by dragg:why do they need a BG dentist?
BG dentist: "S-uck thumb, it's an order!" -
Originally posted by Mospeada:hentakaki chepat hentak~
For SAF if you become BG its
Tukar Langkah check bang!
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makcik general lei....
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this makcik might even more garang from any other general. Being a dentist some more. (actually dentist are soft people but i cant change the perception that they will kill me everytime i went to see them, takut lei)
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hahaha...
aiyer... she general already la...
doubt she will be doing dentist work ...
must be commander of something la she... -
All her career in the army is dentist... doctor... medicine... now command what?Originally posted by mhcampboy:hahaha...
aiyer... she general already la...
doubt she will be doing dentist work ...
must be commander of something la she...
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ermm.. head of dentistry...?Originally posted by chanjyj:All her career in the army is dentist... doctor... medicine... now command what?
Very weird they promote her when she done... nothing.
sure got sumtin in the medical corp for her laa...
oh and lagi best... her boss... BG Dr. Sukri Hussin is promoted to MG!
he is director of dentistry base for ATM... -
head medical corp?
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they probably promote her because of her seniority.
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but they retire till they are in thier retirement age...Originally posted by beavan:wah 19 years as a colonel.
singapore is the fastest ranking promotion in the world.. -
strange lei
why is there a need to promote a medical officer to so high rank
unless the person has done something remarkable that changes the lives of many ppl -
well.. i suppose thier ranks is higher by one to us...Originally posted by pierre^^:strange lei
why is there a need to promote a medical officer to so high rank
unless the person has done something remarkable that changes the lives of many ppl
i mean thier chief is a full general..while ours is 3...
our chief of services are one star... theirs is two stars...
maybe tats why.... and like i said...maybe she will hold command positions la.. dun think a general wanna do dirty work.. -
her achievement were probably making sure MAF personel have good teeth? i dunno
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odd promotion for a dentist?
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well she is a qualified professional and has been with the force for so long, I don't see why she should not be promoted.
Looking at the rank structure, is it safe to say that a BG in the MAF is about the same as a 'senior' colonel in the SAF? I'm not too sure if there is COL Grade 2 la. -
Any upcoming ones in the SAF?
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Dunno if there's been a change of command, but I recall at one time the medical chief in the US army was a LT-GEN. So there you go.Originally posted by pierre^^:strange lei
why is there a need to promote a medical officer to so high rank
unless the person has done something remarkable that changes the lives of many ppl -
Maybe she invented adamantine fangs for their special operations troops.
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any smart aleck here knows the highest rank a woman now attains in the SAF? -
i thought it was another discussion thread?
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COL.Originally posted by ferryman2393:any smart aleck here knows the highest rank a woman now attains in the SAF?
Commander, CMPB.