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The Singapore Army (, (マレー語:Tentera Singapura); (タミル語:சிங்கப்பூர் தரைப்படை)) is the Service of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) tasked with land operations. It is the largest of the three Services. The Army is primarily a conscript army that, in the event of war, mobilizes most of its combat power by calling up military reservists. ==Strategic Doctrine== The mission of the Singapore Armed Forces is to deter armed aggression, and to secure a swift and decisive victory in case such deterrence would fail. Additionally, the Army is tasked with conducting peace-time operations in furtherance of Singapore's national interests and foreign policy. These range from disaster relief to peacekeeping, hostage-rescue and other contingencies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Singapore Army- About Us )〕 The Army views technology as a force-multiplier and a means to sustain combat power given Singapore's population constraints. Jointness across three branches of the SAF is integral to the Army's warfighting doctrine. Joint operations that the Army has undertaken with the Navy and Air Force include amphibious landings and critical disaster relief in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The Army has a technically proficient, relatively well-educated draftee pool and officer corps (non-commissioned and commissioned) reflective of the population at large, and has sought to leverage this to ease its transition into a more sophisticated, networked fighting force.〔Tim Huxley, Defending the Lion City, Allen & Unwin, 2000, p.65.〕 Combat readiness is a linchpin of Army policy, and military exercises up to divisional level are conducted many times yearly, simulating full-spectrum operations, up to and including full-scale war. Divisional war games are a combined arms, tri-service affair involving the Republic of Singapore Navy and Air Force. Because training space is limited in Singapore—artillery fire would quickly traverse the island—some military exercises are conducted overseas. Reservists periodically 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NS Matters - Home )〕 train abroad, their units regularly evaluated for combat readiness.〔 The Army also trains bilaterally with some host nations, and military exchanges are frequent. Training is billed as "tough, realistic and safe," with a premium on safety, given the sensitivity of military deaths in a largely conscript army.〔 Following the Revolution in Military Affairs, and in tandem with modernizing its weapons systems, the Army is forging a transition to a more network-centric fighting doctrine that better integrates the Air Force and Navy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 3rd Generation SAF )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Singapore Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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