Officers and men of other ranks in a formation at the handover of duty parade.
KUCHING: Lieutenant-Colonel Azman Zainuddin is now the commanding officer of the 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment, taking over from Lt-Col Ismail Nasaruddin Yeop at a parade held at Muara Tuang Camp here on Monday.
Thirteen officers and 200 members of other ranks, led by Major Anuar Ahmad, were involved in the parade.
Witnessing the event was commander of the 3rd Malaysian Infantry Brigade, Brigadier-General Yusof Aziz.
Ismail took over the duty and responsibility as commanding officer of the 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment from Lt-Col Jamaluddin Yaacob on Jan 14, 2013.
Hailed from Grik, Perak, Ismail joined the military on Aug 17, 1991. He is married to Norliza Yahya and has seven children. His hobbies are parachuting and skydiving.
He has attended four courses at the Special Warfare Command Branch including basic parachute, jump master, pathfinder and freefall jump.
He has a master degree in Human Resource Management from University Utara Malaysia (UUM) as well as other military courses.
He has served in the United Nations twice in Bosnia in 1994 (Malbat 4 and Malcon 1) and a special mission to East Timor in 2006.
As commanding officer of the 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment, he introduced the battle cry ‘Bujang Berani’ (brave warrior) in the Iban.
The venomous and meaningful battle cry has brought much success to the team during his command from 2013 to 2014 including winning championships in various military-level sports leagues such as football, badminton, hockey, bowling and netball as well as other athletics events and triathlon.
The 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment was the best team under 3 BGD Formation in 2013 and 2014 as well as being an excellent sport team under Eastern Region Command which includes Sarawak and Sabah in 2014.
Ismail has been awarded Certificate of Excellence by the First Division and Eastern Field Army Administration three times in a row.