British Army Jungle Warfare Training School

4°36.481′N 114°19.507′E / 4.608017°N 114.325117°E / 4.608017; 114.325117 (British Army Jungle Warfare Training School)

British Army
Jungle Warfare Training School
Medicina Lines, headquarters of the
Jungle Warfare Training School
Countriesoriginally:  Malaysia
currently:  Brunei
AllegianceBritish Armed Forces
Branch British Army
Typemilitary training
Rolejungle warfare training
Part ofBritish Forces Brunei
HeadquartersMedicina Lines, Mukim Seria, Belait District
Nickname(s)Training Team Brunei (TTB)[1][2]
Military unit
Sittang Camp in Tutong District, training location of the Jungle Warfare Training School, part of British Forces Brunei.

The British Army Jungle Warfare Training School (JWTS) of the Jungle Warfare Division (JWD) is an overseas military training establishment of the British Army, tasked with providing operational training in hot, tropical, and jungle warfare environments. It is part of British Forces Brunei (BFB), and the JWTS is headquartered at Medicina Lines (approximately 75 minute car journey from Brunei International Airport), near the Bruneian town Seria within Mukim Seria, Belait District, in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam;[3][4] whilst its actual training facility is located at Sittang Camp in the Tutong District.[2]

The courses run by JWD which train the British Army and Royal Marines are:

  • Operational Tracking Instructors Course (OTIC)
  • Jungle Warfare Instructors Course (JWIC)

The original Jungle Warfare School was at Kota Tinggi, Johor, in Malaya. This operated from 1948; 76 years ago (1948), to 1971; 53 years ago (1971); it originally trained British and Commonwealth troops, and latterly Asian forces.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cameron in deal to extend British troops' stay in Brunei; The stationing of UK troops in Brunei also allows them to undertake extreme environment training". Telegraph.co.uk. Daily Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group Limited. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Location Overview – Brunei – Brunei HIVE" (PDF). Army.MoD.uk. HIVE information centres, British Army, Ministry of Defence. June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ "British Military Garrison - Brunei". Army.MoD.uk. London, England: British Army. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008.
  4. ^ "The British Army in Brunei". Army.MoD.uk. British Army, Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ^ Cross, J.P. (1996). A Face Like a Chicken's Backside – An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948-1971. London, England: Greenhill Books. pp. 207–228. ISBN 1853672394. LCCN 95051990. OCLC 33897401. OL 814491M.

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