The Contribution Of Women To Our Uniformed Services In Singapore Cannot Be Ignored Let this sink in: for every 93 men in the Singapore Armed Forces, there are 7 women. And this number continues to grow steadily. A record number of women joined the force in 2014. That year, some 140 women put on a uniform and joined the effort to ensure Singapore’s safety and security. Here are 5 Singaporean women who went against the grain and chose a career that’s typically thought to be male-dominated. And they are crushin’ it. 1. Senior Warrant Officer (SWO), Jennifer Tan, 52, Armour, The Singapore Army Source SWO Tan is the first female Chief Warrant Officer among over 500 personnel from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF being promoted this year. From the tender age of 9, she would accompany her late father, First Warrant Officer (Ret) Tan Hock Hai, to his workplace at the Tanglin Detention Barrack. Those trips sparked her passion to join SAF in 1984 at age 18. Two years after the army recruited its first female combatants in 1986, she finally seized her chance and applied for the Women’s Combat Scheme. Over the years in the Armour […]
6 years ago
