Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri
Tawih Abdullah
PSPNB DPKT SMB PGAT KCT
Major general Mohammad Tawih in 2018
9th Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
In office
30 February 2014 – 31 January 2018
MonarchHassanal Bolkiah
DeputyYussof Abdul Rahman
Preceded byAminuddin Ihsan
Succeeded byAminan Mahmud
17th Commander of the Training Institute
In office
1 December 2008 – 24 May 2011
Preceded byAminuddin Ihsan
Succeeded byZulkifli Ismail
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Tawih

(1964-06-09) 9 June 1964
Brunei
SpouseZulia Basman
Children4
Alma materDeakin University (MA)
ProfessionSoldier
NicknamePehin Tawih
Military service
Allegiance Brunei
Branch/service Royal Brunei Land Forces
Years of service1982–2018
Rank Major General
Commands'D' Company 1st Battalion RBLF
Training Institute RBAF

Tawih bin Abdullah (born 9 June 1964) is a Bruneian nobleman and soldier whim became the 9th Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) who serves from 2014 until 2018.

Education

From January until December 1984, he underwent training at the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Australia. Throughout his career, he was sent to several training institutes which include the Platoon Commander Course at Army Combat Training Centre (PULADA), Johor Bahru, Malaysia in 1985, Royal School of Military Engineering, Kent, England, from 1987 until 1988, Company Tactic Course and Battalion Tactic Course in Singapore and the Intermediate Operation Course at the Land Warfare Centre, Canungra, Australia, Command and Staff Course at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1997,[1] Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (ACDSS) at Weston Creek, Canberra, Australia in 2007 and obtained a Master of Arts (MA) in Strategic studies from Deakin University, Australia.[2]

Military career

On 6 December 1982, he enlisted as a potential officer cadet in the RBAF and later underwent basic training at the Recruit Training Centre, Bolkiah Camp. Appointed as an officer cadet after training completion on 1 July 1983. Upon completing his training at the Officer Cadet School in Australia, he was promoted to second lieutenant. He was later assigned as the Rifle Platoon Commander with 'D' Company 1st Battalion RBLF. Pehin Tawih became an Engineer Field Troop Commander in 1986 and he would then be upgraded to a captain in 1990.[2]

Pehin Tawih holds the position of a Staff Officer Grade 3 G1 and Company Commander of Command Company 2nd Battalion RBLF, respectively in 1990 and from 1993 until 1996. He became a major in 1994, and a Staff Officer Grade 2 to the RBAF commander from 1998 before being redirected to Operations and Training at Headquarters RBLF in 1999. From 2000 until 2001, he was the deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion RBLF before being the commander of the same battalion until 2003.[2]

In 2002, Pehin Tawih was promoted to a lieutenant colonel and assigned to the Directorate of Operations Ministry of Defence as Staff Officer Grade 1 Operations from 2003 until 2005. The title of Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya was bestowed to him with the consent of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in 2004. He was assigned to the Director of Personnel at the Ministry of Defence in early 2006 and became the Acting Deputy Commander of RBLF in February of that same year. In October 2008, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and became commander of Training Institute RBAF. He achieved the rank of brigadier general on 25 May 2011.[2]

On 30 January 2014, He succeeded Aminuddin Ihsan and became the 9th Commander of the RBAF.[3] In 2016, Edmundo R. Pangilinan, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, welcomed Mohammad Tawih and Police Commissioner Mohammad Jammy at the Cotabato Airport, Maguindanao, Philippines. They were making an annual visit to Brunei UN peacekeepers in Mindanao.[4] Few days later on 31 January 2018, Pehin Tawih officially retires from military service and his position succeeded by Aminan Mahmud.[3] Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. awarded the Legion of Merit to Pehin Tawih at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Craig B. Allen on 21 February 2018.[5]

Personal life

Mohammad Tawih is married to Zulia binti Basman and has four children together. He enjoys playing association football and golf.[2]

Honours

Tawih meeting Rear Adm. Charles Williams during the opening ceremony of ADMM Plus Maritime Security and Counterterrorism Field Training Exercise in 2016

National

Foreign

  •  Malaysia:
    • Order of Military Service Courageous Commander (PGAT)[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Hall Of Fame". MAFSC. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "MINDEF – Deputy Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces". mindef.gov.bn. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Commander Of The RBAF Change Of Command Ceremony | Brunei's No.1 News Website". brudirect.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Royal Brunei Armed Forces chief visit 6th ID, peacekeepers". www.ndbcnews.com.ph. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 "USPACOM Commander Awards Legion of Merit to Former Commander, Royal Brunei Armed Forces". www.pacom.mil. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "HM 65th Birthday Awards". HM 65th Birthday Awards. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "ABDB Perlukan Pemimpin Tinggi Pengetahuan | Brunei's No.1 News Website". brudirect.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "USPACOM Commander Awards Legion of Merit to Former Commander, Royal Brunei Armed Forces (Honors)". www.pacom.mil. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Top Military Award Conferred on Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces". www.mindef.gov.sg. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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