NATIONAL SERVICE

With the decision to build our defence forces around the citizensoldier concept, 2 SIR as well as 1 SIR were converted into National Service units. In 1968, both battalions took in their first batches of full-time National Servicemen (NS). The officers and NCOs (non-commissioned officers) from 2 SIR were among the core of instructors selected to train the NS recruits. Their experience in actual operational situations (Indonesian Confrontation) provided an important base for producing our own corps of commanders and trainers.