Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)

Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)
Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Singapore
Type	Order of Honour
Eligibility	Members of the Singapore Armed Forces
Awarded for	exceptionally distinguished service or merit in senior command or staff positions
Status	Currently issued
Statistics
Established	1981
Precedence
Equivalent	Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
Next (lower)	Pingat Gagah Perkasa (Tentera)

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) (Distinguished Service Order (Military)) is awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces for exceptionally distinguished service or merit in senior command or staff positions.

The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang is the civil equivalent award.

Description

• The ribbon is purple with maroon and white edge stripes.

Recipients

• Gen John Baker (dec) - Australian Chief of Defence Force, 1995-1998
• 2003 - Gen Surayud Chulanont (ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces^[1]
• 2004 - Gen Peter Cosgrove (ret'd) - former Australian Chief of Defence Force^[2]
• 2004 - Major General Halbi Yussof - Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces^[3]
• 2005 - Gen Richard Myers (ret'd) - former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Military of the United States^[4]
• 2005 - Gen Chaiyasit Shinawatra (ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces^[5]
• 2006 - Air Marshal Bruce Ferguson (ret'd) - former New Zealand Chief of Defence Force^[6]
• 2007 - Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston - Australian Chief of Defence Force^[7]
• 2009 - Gen Djoko Santoso - Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces
• 2011 - Lt Gen Sir Jerry Mateparae (ret'd) - former New Zealand Chief of Defence Force, current Governor-General of New Zealand^[8]

References

1. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, 25 July 2003, retrieved 24 September 2007.
2. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Chief of the Australian Defence Force, 7 September 2004, retrieved 24 September 2007.
3. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces, 23 November 2004.
4. ^ MINDEF Singapore, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States of America, Receives Top Military Award, 3 June 2005, retrieved 24 September 2007.
5. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Confers Top Military Award on Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, 16 August 2005, retrieved 24 September 2007.
6. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on the Former Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, 23 May 2006, retrieved 24 September 2007.
7. ^ MINDEF Singapore, President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Chief of the Australian Defence Force, 24 August 2007, retrieved 24 September 2007.
8. ^ "Govenor General receives military award from Singapore". Stuff.co.nz. 30 May 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5075056/Govenor-General-receives-military-award-from-Singapore. Retrieved 27 September 2011.