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and Ethics and provides the moral compass in We, Members of the Singapore Armed
the servicemen’s daily dealings. Forces, do solemnly and sincerely pledge
that:
The Six Rules of Conduct are:
We will always bear true faith and allegiance
1. We always honour our Nation. We will do to the President and Republic of Singapore.
everything to uphold it and nothing to
disgrace it. We will always support and defend the
Constitution.
2. At all times, we must bear in mind that we We will preserve and protect the honour and
are the protector of our citizens. independence of our country with our lives.

3. We are loyal to the Armed Forces, and we The SAF Pledge is part of the Organizational
take pride in our unit, our uniform, our Statement of Belief and it is for the members
discipline, our work, our training and of the SAF to reaffirm their loyalty and
ourselves. commitment as individuals to the organisation
in defence of the nation.
4. We must be exemplary in our conduct. We
respect others, and by our conduct and SAF CORE VALUES
bearing win the respect of others. We are
courageous but not reckless. The SAF core values define the character of
5. We are devoted to duty but not to the SAF. They bind our people together. They
ourselves. are the inner voices, the sources of strength,
and the derivations of self-control, which are
6. We guard our weapons as we guard secrets. the basis for today’s military.

SAF PLEDGE In Sep’86 under the Institute of Excellence
(i.e. SAFTI) concept, the idea of a standard
value system was mooted, and the SAF seven
core values were formulated. The original
implementation strategy was to introduce it to
the Officer Corps and allow the natural
cascading effect to influence the rank and file.
In July ’96 the SAF core values were
established as the common core values for all
Services in the SAF, regardless of rank,
vocation or service status.

The eight core values are:

1. Loyalty to Country

2. Leadership

3. Discipline