The Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition is an annual competition which confers awards of recognition to the most outstanding units of the Singapore Armed Forces

Singapore Armed Forces

The Singapore Armed Forces is the military arm of the Total Defence of the Republic of Singapore; as well as the military component of the Ministry of Defence. The SAF comprises three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Navy...

 (SAF) in combat readiness, operational proficiency and administrative excellence. Besides encouraging the above, the award also seeks to promote esprit-de-corps and camaraderie among participating Army, Air Force and Navy units through friendly competition.

The assessment factors of the competition are:

• Combat Proficiency Test
• Marksmanship Test
• Individual Physical Proficiency Test
• Standard Obstacle Course
• Unarmed Combat
• Security
• Manpower Matters
• Logistics Readiness Inspection
• Vehicle State
• Training Safety

The competition was started for active SAF units in 1969, before being extended to the reservist units (now known as NS units) in 1993. These units are conferred their awards at the annual Singapore Armed Forces Day parade.

Active army units

Year	Best Army Units
	Combat	Combat Support	Minor	Infantry	Armour	Artillery	Engineers	Signals	Logistics
1969	1 SIR	Not contested
1970	1 SIR	Not contested
1971	3 SIR	Not contested
1972	4 SIR	GEB GEB The acronym GEB may refer to:* Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, , State Transmission Utility in Gujarat, India* Gödel, Escher, Bach, a book by Douglas Hofstadter...	Not contested
1973	2 SIR	1 SIB	Not contested
1974	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	1 SIB	OMB OMB OMB is a three-letter abbreviation which may stand for:* Office of Management and Budget, a group that oversees the activities of federal agencies in the United States* Owner Managed Business, small and medium enterprises...	Not contested
1975	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	30 SCE	SAFPU	Not contested
1976	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	30 SCE	36 SCE	Not contested
1977	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	36 SCE
1 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	Not contested
1978	41 SAR	1 SIG BN
4 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	Not contested
1979	42 SAR	SAFPU
6 SIR	42 SAR	160 BN	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	Not contested
1980	7 SIR	SAFPU
7 SIR	41 SAR	160 BN	38 SCE	1 SIG BN	Not contested
1981	3 GDS	2 SIG BN
3 GDS	46 SAR	22 SA	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	Not contested
1982	42 SAR	SAFPU
3 GDS	42 SAR	23 SA	38 SCE	2 SIG BN	GSMB
1983	3 GDS	2 SIG BN
3 GDS	46 SAR	25 SA	35 SCE	2 SIG BN	OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1984	41 SAR	40 SAR
3 GDS	40 SAR	22 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1985	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	40 SAR
1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	41 SAR	22 SA	35 SCE	1 SIG BN	OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1986	5 SIR	40 SAR
5 SIR	40 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1987	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	SAFPU
6 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE
OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1988	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	20 SA
5 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	35 SCE
OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1989	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	20 SA
2 SIR	41 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE
OSB OSB OSB may stand for:* Oracle Service Bus, a software component* Order of Saint Benedict, a monastic order* Orthodox Study Bible, an Eastern Orthodox study Bible in English, including the Septuagint* Oregon State Bar...
1990	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	24 SA
5 SIR	41 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE
6 DSMB
1991	3 GDS	24 SA
3 GDS	46 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE
GSMB
1992	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	22 SA
1 GDS	42 SAR	22 SA	36 SCE
GSMB
1993	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	23 SA
5 SIR	42 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE
GSMB
1994	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	20 SA
5 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1995	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	22 SA
3 GDS	42 SAR	22 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
1996	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	36 SCE
1 GDS	42 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	1 SAF TPT BN
1997	3 SIR	36 SCE
3 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	9 DSMB
1998	1 SIR	36 SCE
1 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	1 SIG BN	9 DSMB
1999	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	21 SA
1 SIR	40 SAR	21 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	1 TPT BN
2000	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	20 SA
3 GDS	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 DSMB
2001	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	2 SIG BN
3 GDS	40 SAR	24 SA	35 SCE	2 SIG BN	9 DSMB
2002	40 SAR	20 SA
1 SIR	40 SAR	20 SA	36 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2003	1 GDS	3 SIG BN
1 GDS	46 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	GSMB
2004	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...
3 SIR	46 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2005	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	23 SA
1 SIR	41 SAR	23 SA	35 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2006	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	3 SIG BN
5 SIR	46 SAR	23 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	GSMB
2007	1 CDO BN Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation The Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation is an elite branch of the Singapore Armed Forces . An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially trained soldiers in enemy territory...	3 SIG BN
2 SIR	40 SAR	24 SA	36 SCE	3 SIG BN	1 AMB
2008	1 CDO BN	24 SA
3 GDS	40 SAR	24 SA	30 SCE	2 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2009	1 CDO BN	39 SCE
3 SIR	42 SAR	23 SA	39 SCE	3 SIG BN	3 TPT BN
2010	1 CDO BN	39 SCE
3 GDS	42 SAR	21 SA	39 SCE	1 SIG BN	3 TPT BN

NS army units

Year	Best NS Army Units
	Infantry Infantry Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...  / Guards Foot Guards -British Army:The Foot Guards are the Regular Infantry regiments of the Household Division of the British Army. There have been six regiments of foot guards, five of which still exist. The Royal Guards Reserve Regiment was a reserve formation of the Household Brigade in existence from 1900-1901...	People's Defence Force Command	Armoured Armoured warfare Armoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war....	Artillery Artillery Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...	Combat engineers	Signals	Combat Service Support Combat service support Combat service support is a subset of military logistics. Combat service support is more limited in depth than logistics, as it primarily addresses those factors directly influencing combat operations.-United States Army:...
1994	67 GDS / 88 GDS / 187 SIR	73 SIR / 184 SIR	422 SAR	211 SA	307 SCE	6 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
1995	514 SIR / 543 SIR / 70 GDS / 91 GDS	63 SIR / 504 SIR	432 SAR	204 SA	307 SCE	8 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
1996	184 SIR / 188 SIR / 504 SIR / 514 SIR / 543 SIR / 70 GDS
423 SAR	265 SA	307 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1997	83 SIR / 188 SIR / 525 SIR / 541 SIR / 70 GDS / 550 GDS
423 SAR	204 SA	321 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1998	184 SIR / 514 SIR / 525 SIR / 542 SIR / 531 GDS / 549 GDS
416 SAR	204 SA	308 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
1999	185 SIR / 187 SIR / 523 SIR / 573 SIR / 531 GDS / 548 GDS
425 SAR	211 SA	322 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2000	85 SIR / 187 SIR / 524 SIR / 573 SIR / 595 SIR / 548 GDS
466 SAR	211 SA	323 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2001	516 SIR / 542 SIR / 557 SIR / 602 SIR / 86 GDS / 90 GDS
466 SAR	274 SA	326 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2002	652 SIR / 621 SIR / 596 SIR / 550 GDS / 86 GDS / 524 SIR
466 SAR	254 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2003	652 SIR / 652 SIR / 595 SIR / 550 GDS / 90 GDS / 548 GDS
466 SAR	271 SA	327 SCE	9 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2004	652 SIR / 657 SIR / 596 SIR / 543 SIR / 566 SIR / 583 GDS
424 SAR	278 SA	328 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2005	588 SIR / 596 SIR / 657 SIR / 682 SIR / 550 GDS
466 SAR	275 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	9 DS MED BN
2006	626 SIR / 657 SIR / 596 SIR / 581 SIR / 609 SIR
442 SAR	278 SA	324 SCE	6 SIG BN	6 DS MED BN
2007	652 SIR / 622 SIR / 596 SIR / 609 SIR / 566 SIR
466 SAR	256 SA	328 SCE	6 SIG BN	31 FCSS BN

Active navy and air force units

Year	|Best Navy Units	Best Air Force Units
	Ship	Fighter Squadron	Helicopter Squadron	Air Defence Artillery	Tactical Support Squadron
1981	RSS Independence (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1982	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	Not contested
1983	RSS Justice (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1984	RSS Dauntless (Fast patrol craft)	Not contested
1985	RSS Persistence (County-class LST)	145 SQN (A-4S Skyhawk)
165 SADA
1986	RSS Swift Archer (Coastal patrol craft)	140 SQN (Hawker Hunter)
165 SADA
1987	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	149 SQN (F-5E/F Tiger II)
165 SADA
1988	RSS Sea Hawk (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	149 SQN (F-5E/F Tiger II)
160 SADA
1989	RSS Sea Wolf (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	143 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
160 SADA	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1990	RSS Sea Dragon (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	143 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
165 SADA	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
1991	RSS Sea Scorpion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
160 SADA	111 SQN (E-2C Hawkeye)
1992	RSS Vigilance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
165 SADA	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1993	RSS Valiant (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
160 SADA	125 SQN (Super Puma)
1994	RSS Sea Hawk (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
160 SADA	126 SQN (Cougar)
1995	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
160 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1996	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
3 DA BN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
1997	RSS Sea Dragon (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
165 SQN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
1998	RSS Sea Lion (Sea Wolf-class gunboat)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
165 SQN	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
1999	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16A/B Fighting Falcon)
160 SQN	125 SQN (Super Puma)
2000	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	145 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
163 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
2001	RSS Vigour (Victory-class corvette)	142 SQN (A-4SU Super Skyhawk)
163 SQN	111 SQN (E-2C Hawkeye)
2002	RSS Vigour (Victory-class corvette)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2003	RSS Vigilance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)
18 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2004	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
160 SQN	120 SQN (UH-1H)
2005	RSS Resolution Endurance class landing platform dock ship The Endurance class landing platform dock ships are the largest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy . They were designed and built locally by Singapore Technologies Marine to replace the old County class tank landing ships...  (Endurance-class LST)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
160 SQN	122 SQN (C-130 Hercules)
2006	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)
160 SQN	112 SQN (KC-135 Stratotanker)
2007	RSS Vengeance (Victory-class corvette)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)
3 DA BN	127 SQN (CH-47SD Chinook)
2008	RSS Formidable Formidable class frigate The Formidable class multi-role stealth frigates are the latest surface platforms to enter into service with the Republic of Singapore Navy, and are multi-mission derivatives of the French Navy’s La Fayette class frigate. The frigates are key information nodes and fighting units, and are described...  (Formidable-class frigate)	149 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)
2009	RSS Victory (Victory-class corvette)	144 SQN (F-5S/T Tiger II)
3 DA BN	112 SQN (KC-135 Stratotanker)
2010	RSS Stalwart (Formidable-class frigate)	140 SQN (F-16C/D Fighting Falcon)	127 SQN (CH-47SD Chinook)	3 DA BN	121 SQN (Fokker F-50 MPA/UTL)