{{Short description|Military base in Brunei}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}{{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox military installation | name = Tutong Camp | native_name = Kem Tutong<br>كيم توتوڠ | country = [[Brunei]] | image = Tutong Camp, Brunei, aerial view in 2023 13.jpg | caption = Aerial view of the base in 2023 | type = [[Military education and training|Military training]] base | coordinates = {{Coord|4.8275485|114.6699567|display=inline, title|format=dms}} | pushpin_map = Brunei | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brunei | pushpin_label_position = bottom | ownership = [[Ministry of Defence (Brunei)|Ministry of Defence]] | operator = {{Army|Brunei|1976}} | built = {{Start date and age|1976|df=y}} | used = 1976–present | condition = Operational | garrison = RBLF Second Battalion | website = [https://land.mindef.gov.bn/Theme/Home.aspx land.mindef.gov.bn] | location = [[Pekan Tutong]], [[Tutong District|Tutong]] }} '''Tutong Camp''' ({{Langx|ms|Kem Tutong}})<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a8lRAQAAMAAJ&q=Perkhemahan+Tutong+dibina|title=Puak Tutong: sejarah dan perkembangan awal sosiobudaya : hasil projek 'Perkampungan Sejarah' di Mukim Pekan Tutong|trans-title= |date=2002|publisher=Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan|pages=1966|language=ms}}</ref> is one of the [[military base]]s of the [[Royal Brunei Land Force]] (RBLF), and it is also home to the RBLF Second Battalion (2Bn).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=MINDEF - RBLF Organisation|url=https://mindef.gov.bn/SitePages/RBLF%20Organization.aspx|access-date=2022-07-11|website=MinDef.gov.bn}}</ref> The RBLF have two [[garrison]]s of [[army]] and [[military police]] stationed in the [[Tutong District]], namely the Tutong and [[Penanjong Camp]], as well as a [[shooting range]] in Binturan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jx4OCQU0UokC&q=Perkhemahan+Tutong|title=Tutong District|date=1988|publisher=Department of Broadcasting and Information, Prime Minister's Office}}</ref>
It can be noted that the camp was previously referred to as [[Royal Brunei Malay Regiment]] (RBMR) Camp, Tutong.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UgqAAAAMAAJ&q=Tutong+Camp|title=Report|date=1977|publisher=Printed at the Brunei Press|pages=452}}</ref> In 2021, the population was 1,213.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Department of Economic Planning & Statistics|date=October 2021|title=ANNEX B|url=https://deps.mofe.gov.bn/DEPD%20Documents%20Library/DOS/POP/2021/ANNEX%20B.pdf}}</ref>
==History== The military base was completed by late April 1976, and later on 10 May 1976, the 2Bn officially moved into Tutong Camp after being temporarily based at [[Bolkiah Camp]].<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYEwra7-fqEC&q=Tutong+Camp|title=Annual Report - State of Brunei|date=1976|pages=361 |author1=Brunei }}</ref> A total of six blocks of flats within the camp were scheduled to be completed on 26 November 1978.<ref name=":1"/> On 2 September 1965, the [[22nd Special Air Service]] (22 SAS) undergone a month long training period at the camp.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pugsley|first=Christopher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKVuAAAAMAAJ&q=Tutong+Camp|title=From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand Armed Forces in Malaya and Borneo, 1949-1966|date=2003|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-558453-0|pages=274}}</ref> The Sultan [[Hassanal Bolkiah]] presented the [[Royal Brunei Armed Forces]] with scented water during a ceremony at the Tutong Camp Parade Ground on 12 July 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6_zdy1NMkUC&q=Tutong+Camp|title=Brunei Darussalam|date=1994|publisher=Broadcasting and Information Department, Prime Minister's Office|pages=137}}</ref>
The Tutong District [[Tug of war|tug-of-war]] competition was held at the Tutong Camp Sports Complex for the competition's final match on 10 July 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tutong tug-of-war finals|url=http://www.sultanate.com/news_server/10_jul_4.html|access-date=2022-07-11|website=Sultanate.com}}</ref> A fire was put out on the 3rd floor of a barrack with no injuries reported on 21 March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Military barrack on fire at Tutong Camp|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/21/military-barrack-on-fire-at-tutong-camp/|access-date=2022-07-11|website=Borneo Post Online|date=21 March 2015 }}</ref> [[Flood]]s caused by heavy rain on 7 December 2019, prompt the Tutong District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) to identify both Tutong and Penanjong Camps to be used as a place of [[Refugee|refuge]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bakar|first=Rasidah Hj Abu|date=2019-12-20|title=Tutong remains on alert for more flooding|url=http://thescoop.co/2019/12/20/flood-alerts-remain-in-tutong/|access-date=2022-07-11|website=The Scoop|language=en-GB}}</ref> Delegation from the Ministry of Defence was participated in the [[Maghrib prayer|Fardu Maghrib prayer]] at the camp's Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera on 14 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-15|title=Ihya Ramadan eratkan silaturahim|publisher=Media Permata Online|url=https://mediapermata.com.bn/ihya-ramadan-eratkan-silaturahim/|access-date=2022-07-11|website=Ihya Ramadan eratkan silaturahim}}</ref>
==Facilities== Tutong Camp Primary School comprises three two-storey blocks. One block is designated for administrative purposes, while the other two house 22 classrooms. To accommodate the growing needs of the school, several classrooms have been converted into a computer lab and a science lab. Additionally, the school offers basic facilities, including parking spaces for teachers and guardians, a library, a canteen, and a kitchen. A morning assembly area is also provided for students and teachers. At its inception, the school had only four teachers provided by the [[Ministry of Education (Brunei)|Department of Education]], but the number has since grown due to increasing student enrolment. As of 2002, the school employs 27 teachers and one teacher from the [[Centre for British Teachers]], catering to 349 students—178 boys and 171 girls—from grades I to IV.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Awang Haji Mohd. Noor Irwan bin Haji Osmar |date=2023 |title=Sekolah Rendah Tutong Kem |journal=Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosiobudaya |language=ms |edition=3rd |location=[[Bandar Seri Begawan]] |publisher=[[Brunei History Centre]] |pages=212-213 |isbn=978-99917-63-95-8 |ref={{harvid| Awang Haji Mohd. Noor Irwan |2023}}}}</ref>
There are several facilities built within the base: *Tutong Camp Sports Complex *Tutong Camp Drill Square *Tutong Camp Parade Ground *Tutong Camp Religious School<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdVRAQAAMAAJ&q=Tutong+Camp|title=Brunei Darussalam Newsletter|date=1994|publisher=Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office|pages=7}}</ref> *Surau Pengiran Ratna Indera<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-12 |title=MINDEF AND RBAF SURAUS GET OFFICIAL NAMES |url=https://www.mindef.gov.bn/Berita%20Parajurit/Annual%20Issue%202016.pdf |archive-url= |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.mindef.gov.bn |page=35}}</ref>
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