Characteristics Of Joint Operations

Singapore is a former Britain colony located in the heart of the

Muslim Malay world. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles is the man behind

the discovery of Singapore as a colony. It is an island that was a trading hub

thus attracting migrants in the areas of the surrounding countries such as

India, Malay Archipelago and China. During this era, Japan stood its ground

in Singapore in the year 1941 on December 8th. The Japan forces attacked

while Britain was in Singapore and forced them to surrender in 1942

February. Japan however, surrendered later in 1945 and the island handed

over to Britain. Singapore Armed Forces has three branches: the Singapore

Army, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Republic of

Singapore Air Forces.

A joint operation is an activity adopted

from the ancient era where different armies helped each other in their task on

the coastlines. Air operations are supposed to work together with the navy

and the ground based operations. Joint forces as highlighted by Vego, Milan

N. in his report Major Joint/Combined Operations, has several

characteristics that distinguish it from other military operations. He states

that all main operations have one aim which is accomplishing its final

objective. For an operation to be successful, then there must be a high

intensity of actions with the competent administration of forces, extensive

coverage, concealment and flexibility of command. Both Singapore forces

and the United States military carry out in joint military warfare operations.

The United States as global power armed force and its joint operations

One example of a global power armed force is the United States. The

United States military in all their operations have always carried out joint

operations with the collaboration of all air force, naval forces and the

Naval bases are thus able to carry out lethal weapons

attack that is an important factor to provide fire support against enemy-held

coastlines.

Singapore as a joint military operation

Singapore as a joint army operation took the full operation of its three

branches of the Singapore Armed Forces. Singapore conducted its defense

policy and called it the ‘twin pillars’ representing diplomacy and deterrence.

Singapore was now disinterested with the commercial ties with the region of

Southeast Asia and was keen to participate in the global and international

organizations. During this time, Singapore built a tight military and even

adopted defense strategies design to combat intense war. Singapore’s

military by mid-1970 was growing, it had taken up objectives of making the

cost of invading so high to eliminate the possibility of attack. It focused on

building air power, mobility, and armour. This strategy is the “total defense”

which not only focuses on military but also on the various social,

psychological, economic and civil defence. This, as a result, is the pragmatic

approach to the privileged position of both the military and the security

sector as a