Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic

It was January 2020, and the “novel coronavirus” had arrived in Singapore. It soon became clear that COVID-19 was spreading fast across just about every country, posing a very grave public health threat across the world. It was a global pandemic.

It quickly became clear that the SAF would be called to action in this unprecedented “war” in a domain which was largely unfamiliar and against an enemy which was largely unknown.

Impact on the SAF's Training and Operations

Even as the SAF was going all-out in its support to the WoG fight against COVID-19, it also had massive challenges on the internal front working out effective ways to carry on with training and operations. SAF leaders can draw lessons from the experience for our transformation to SAF 2040.

Editor's Afternote

Leadership Reflections from the Edge