Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948

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APPENDICES 211 APPENDIx (1) Table I (i) ethnic and army Composition of the Tatmadaw in 1948 No. Battalion Ethnic / Army Composition 1 No. (1) Burma Rifles Bamar (Burma Military Police) 2 No. (2) Burma Rifles Kayin Majority + Other Non-Bamar Nationalities 3 No. (3) Burma Rifles Bamar / BPF members 4 No. (4) Burma Rifles Bamar / BPF members 5 No. (5) Burma Rifles Bamar / BPF members 6 No. (6) Burma Rifles Bamar / BPF members 7 No. (1) Karen Rifles Karen / Burma Army 8 No. (2) Karen Rifles Karen / Burma Army 9 No. (3) Karen Rifles Karen / Burma Army 10 No. (1) Kachin Rifles Kachin / Burma Army 11 No. (2) Kachin Rifles Kachin / Burma Army 12 No. (1) Chin Rifles Chin / Burma Army 13 No. (2) Chin Rifles Chin / Burma Army 14 No. (4) Burma Regiment Gorkha 15 Chin Hill Battalion Chin 212 Building the Tatmadaw Table I (ii) Staff and Command Positions as of 1948 Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Smith Dun Karen Vice-Chief of Staff Brigadier Saw Kyar Doe Karen (ex-ABRO/PBF) Chief of Air Staff Lt. Col. Shi Sho Karen Chief of Naval Staff Commander Khin Maung Bo Pro-West Commander, NBSD Brigadier Ne Win Ex-PBF Commander, SBSD Brigadier Aung Thin Ex-ABRO No. 1 Infantry Division Brigadier Saw Chit Khin Karen Adjutant General Lt. Col. Kyaw Win Ex-PBF Quarter Master General Lt. Col. Saw Donny Karen Table I (iii) Participants at the 1948 COs’ Meeting Hon. Bo Let Ya Minister for Defence General Smith Dun Chief of Staff Brigadier Ne Win Commander, NBSD Brigadier Aung Thin Commander, SBSD Brigadier Saw Kyar Doe Vice-Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Ze Ya General Staff Officer-1 (War Office) Lt. Col. Saw Tun Sein 1 Burma Regiment Maj. Tun Sein 2 Burma Regiment Capt. Thet Tun 1 Burma Rifles Maj. Chit Myaing 3 Burma Rifles Maj. Thaung Kyi 3 Burma Rifles Lt. Col. Tin Oo 6 Burma Rifles Maj. Tin Maung 6 Burma Rifles Lt. Col. Ye Htut 3 Burma Rifles Maj. Saw Myint 5 Burma Rifles Lt. Col. Maung Maung Burma Army Officers Training School 2/Lt. Ba Thein 4 Burma Rifles W.O II Than Nyunt 4 Burma Rifles W.O II Aye Ko 4 Burma Rifles Capt. Bo Lwin Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster, NBSD Source: DR. 497. APPENDIx (2) Table II (i) Officers Commissioned in 1959 and 1960 No. Intake Cadet D/C Remark 1 DSA-1 40 1 June 1959 Army (31)/Navy (4)/Air Force (5) 2 OTS-21 263 22 June 1959 3 OTS-22 109 4 July 1959 4 OTS-23 72 28 October 1959 5 OTS-24 43 13 February 1960 6 DSA-2 25 23 April 1960 Army (14)/Navy (3)/Air Force (8) 7 OTS-25 107 24 May 1960 8 OTS-26 94 16 July 1960 9 OTS-27 52 8 October 1960 10 Total 805 Source: Myanmar Gazette. 214 Building the Tatmadaw Table II (ii) Officers Commissioned in 1964 and 1965 No. Intake Cadet D/C Remark 1 DSA-6 29 27 April 1964 Army (12)/Navy (16)/Air Force (1) 2 OTS-29 163 17 October 1964 3 OTS-30 172 12 December 1964 4 OTS-31 187 6 February 1965 5 DSA-7 57 28 April 1965 Army (34)/Navy (14)/Air Force (9) 6 OTS-32 173 25 September 1965 7 OTS-33 127 10 December 1965 Course began on 15 February 1965 8 OTS-34 134 6 November 1965 Course began on 5 April 1965 9 Total 1,041 Source: Myanmar Gazette. Table II (iii) Officers Commissioned in 1997 No. Intake Cadet D/C Remark 1 DAS-38 227 11 April 1997 Army (171)/Navy (34)/Air Force (22) 2 OTS-96 82 2 May 1997 Army (67)/Navy (3)/Air Force (12) 3 OTS-97 474 11 July 1997 4 OTS-98 224 15 August 1997 5 Teza-24 235 15 September 1997 Some were transferred to Air Force 6 Total 1,242 Source: Myanmar Gazette. APPENDIx (3) Table III (i) The State law and Order Restoration Council, September 1988 No. Serial Name SLORC Command School 1 BC 6187 Gen. Saw Maung Chairman C-in-C Armed Forces OTS -6 2 BC 6710 Lt. Gen. Than Shwe Member C-in-C (Army) OTS-9 3 BN 1038 R-A Maung Maung Khin Member C-in-C (Navy) 4 BAF 1127 Maj. Gen Tin Tun Member C-in-C (Air...