The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) ( eng, Meritorious Service Medal (Military)) is a

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awarded to members of the

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for exceptionally distinguished performance or extraordinary service, or the furtherance of links with overseas forces. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters PJG The

Pingat Jasa Gemilang The Pingat Jasa Gemilang ( en, Meritorious Service Medal) is a Singaporean national honour and medal instituted in 1962. It may be awarded to any person who has performed "''service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to ...

is the civil equivalent award.

Description

* The ribbon white with dark red edges and edge stripes, and a purple-edged white central stripe.

Recipients

Singapore * 2007 – Lieutenant General

Ng Yat Chung Ng Yat Chung is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2003 and 2007. Education Ng received his secondary and pre-university education in Victoria School and Hwa Chong Junior College respective ...

– Chief of Defence Force * 2012 – Lieutenant General Neo Kian Hong- Chief of Defence Force * (unknown) – Lieutenant General

Perry Lim Perry Lim Cheng Yeow is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2015 and 2018. Education Lim studied at Raffles Institution and won the President's Scholarship and the Singapore Armed Forces Over ...

– Chief of Defence Force Australia * 1985 – Vice Admiral David Leach – Chief of Naval Staff * 1997 – Vice Admiral Rodney Taylor – Chief of Navy * 2003 – Air Chief Marshal

Angus Houston Air Chief Marshal Sir Allan Grant "Angus" Houston, (born 9 June 1947) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force. He served as Chief of Air Force from 20 June 2001 and then as the Chief of the Defence Force from 4 July 20 ...

– Chief of Defence Force * 2007 – Lieutenant General

Peter Leahy Lieutenant General Peter Francis Leahy, (born 30 October 1952) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, whose military career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Army from 2002 until 2008. He has been director of the N ...

– Chief of Army * 2007 – Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd – Chief of Air Force * 2010 – Lieutenant General

Ken Gillespie Lieutenant General Kenneth James Gillespie (born 28 June 1952) is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army. Gillespie served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force from 2005 until 2008, then Chief of Army from 2008 until his retirement in J ...

– Chief of Army * 2010 – Air Marshal

Mark Binskin Air Chief Marshal Mark Donald Binskin, (born 20 March 1960) is a former senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. He served as Chief of Air Force (2008–11), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2011–14), and Chief of the Defence Force ...

– Vice Chief of the Defence Force * 2011 – Vice Admiral Russell Crane – Chief of Navy * 2013 – Lieutenant General

David Morrison Lieutenant general (Australia), Lieutenant General David Lindsay Morrison (born 24 May 1956) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Chief of Army (Australia), Chief of Army from June 2011 until his retirement in May 2 ...

– Chief of Army * 2014 – Air Marshal Geoff Brown – Chief of Air Force * 2014 – Vice Admiral

Ray Griggs Vice Admiral Raymond James Griggs, (born July 1961) is an Australian senior public servant and a former senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of Navy from June 2011 to June 2014, before being appointed Vice Chief of ...

– Chief of Navy * 2016 – Vice Admiral Tim Barrett – Chief of Navy * 2016 – Air Marshal

Leo Davies Air Marshal Gavin Neil "Leo" Davies, (born 5 September 1960) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A navigator who retrained as a pilot, he joined the RAAF in 1979, commanded No. 1 Squadron RAAF (2002–03) and ...

– Chief of Air Force * 2017 – Lieutenant General Angus Campbell – Chief of Army * 2021 – Air Marshal

Mel Hupfeld Air Marshal Melvin Ernest Glanville Hupfeld, (born 7 March 1962) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force. He served as Air Commander Australia from 2012 to 2014 and was the acting and final Chief Capability Development Gro ...

– Chief of Air Force * 2021 – Lieutenant General

Rick Burr Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr, (born 2 June 1964) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012, D ...

– Chief of Army * 2022 – Vice Admiral Michael Noonan – Chief of Navy Brunei * 2007 – Colonel Rosli Chuchu – Commander of

Royal Brunei Land Forces The Royal Brunei Land Forces (Malay: Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei, abbreviated TDDB) is the land component of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The RBLF has responsibility for maintaining the territorial defence of Brunei, both from attack from outs ...

* 2010 – Major General

Aminuddin Ihsan Aminuddin Ihsan () is a former Bruneian commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces who serves from 2009 until 2014 and also the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 2018 until 2022. Biography Early life and education Aminuddin Ihsa ...

– Commander of

Royal Brunei Armed Forces The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF); ms, Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei, (ABDB), is the collective term for the military forces of the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. They consist of the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF), the Royal Brunei ...

* 2011 – First Admiral

Abdul Halim ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحليم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥalīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gives rise ...

– Commander of the

Royal Brunei Navy The Royal Brunei Navy ( ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, abbreviated TLDB) is the naval defence force of Brunei Darussalam. It is a small but relatively well-equipped force whose main responsibility is to conduct search and rescue missions and ...

* 2015 – First Admiral Abdul Aziz – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy * 2016 – Brigadier General

Aminan Mahmud Aminan bin Mahmud (; born 9 June 1968) is a former Bruneian military officer who previously served as the 10th commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces from 2018 until 2020. He was also the 9th commander of the Royal Brunei Land Forces. Edu ...

– Commander of Royal Brunei Land Forces * 2017 – Brigadier General Shahril Anwar – Commander of the

Royal Brunei Air Force The Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) ( ms, Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei, abbreviation ''TUDB'') is the air force of the sultanate of Brunei. It is mainly based at the Rimba Air Force Base within the Brunei International Airport.Khairul Hamed – Commander of Royal Brunei Land Forces * 2020 – Major General Hamzah Sahat – Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces * 2022 – Brigadier General Mohammad Sharif – Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force * 2022 – Major General Muhammad Haszaimi – Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sweden * 1998 – Vice Admiral Peter Nordbeck – Chief of Navy Command * 2004 – Rear Admiral

Jörgen Ericsson Rear Admiral Jörgen Fredrik Ericsson (born 25 November 1953) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the 3rd Surface Warfare Flotilla from 1999 to 2001, the Inspector (General) of the Navy from 20 ...

–

Inspector of the Navy The Inspector of the Navy (german: Inspekteur der Marine) is the commander of the Navy of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. Since the various bodies responsible for the high command of the German Navy were merged in 2012, the In ...

* 2007 – Rear Admiral

Anders Grenstad Rear Admiral Anders Lennart Grenstad (born 2 July 1958) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. He served in the Swedish Navy for 39 years. Grenstad's senior commands include Inspector of the Navy, commanding officer of the Naval Tactical Command/M ...

– Inspector of the Navy * 2014 – Rear Admiral

Jan Thörnqvist Vice Admiral Anders Jan-Eric Törnqvist (born 9 October 1959) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. Before his retirement in 2020, he served as the Chief of Joint Operations of the Swedish Armed Forces from 2016 to 2020 and as Commandant General i ...

– Chief of Navy United States * 2008 – General

T. Michael Moseley Teed Michael "Buzz" Moseley (born September 3, 1949) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 18th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He is a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in fighters and trainer ...

– Chief of Staff of the Air Force * 2008 – Admiral

Gary Roughead Gary Roughead ( "rough head"; born July 15, 1951) is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from September 29, 2007 to September 22, 2011. He previously served as Commander, United States Fleet Forces ...

–

Chief of Naval Operations The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the professional head of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office () held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy. In a separate capacity as a memb ...

* 2009 – General

George W. Casey, Jr. George William Casey Jr. (born July 22, 1948) is a retired four-star general who served as the 36th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from April 10, 2007, to April 10, 2011. He served as Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq fr ...

– Chief of Staff of the Army * 2013 – Admiral

Jonathan Greenert Jonathan William Greenert (born May 15, 1953) is a former United States Navy admiral who served as the 30th Chief of Naval Operations from September 23, 2011, to September 18, 2015. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Naval Operations ...

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* 2017 – Admiral

Harry B. Harris Jr. Harry Binkley Harris Jr. (born August 4, 1956) is a retired American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first American of Japanese descent to lead US Pacific Command in the U.S. Navy and was the highest-ranking American of Japanes ...

– Commander,

U.S. Pacific Command United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific, Indo-Pacific region. Formerly known as United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) since its incept ...

* 2017 – Admiral John M. Richardson –

* 2022 – General Charles Q. Brown Jr. – Chief of Staff of the Air Force France * 2012 – General

Jean-Paul Paloméros Jean-Paul Paloméros (born 13 August 1953 in Paris) is a retired general of the French Air Force and served as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, a senior military post in NATO. Paloméros previously served as Chief of Staff of the French ...

– Chief of Staff of the Air Force * 2014 – General

Denis Mercier Général d'armée aérienne Denis Mercier (born 4 October 1959) is a former Chief of Staff of the French Air Force. He was appointed on 17 September 2012. On September 30, 2015, he succeeded General Paloméros and became Supreme Allied Commande ...

– Chief of Staff of the Air Force Thailand * 2003 – Air Chief Marshal Kongsak Vantana – Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force * 2019 – Air Chief Marshal Chaiyapruk Didyasarin – Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force

References

World Medals
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