I was with a friend from the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Diving Center the other day and was told that an old friend of mine, Warrant Officer Sahak (I never knew his real name) from the Navy’s elite PASKAL passed away late November 2006 after seeing his mother-in-law off for her Haj pilgrimage.
Sahak and I go back a long way, if I remember well, at least since 1991, when we were involved in joint-exercises. Sahak’s a pious guy, reserved, but is not afraid to speak his mind whenver there are issues concerning the safety of his men when carrying out tasks. The PASKAL guys beside him who were almost always involved with my unit were Komander Malek, Komander Anuar (who was awarded the Pingat Gagah Berani), Komander Ramli, Lt Mat, Akbar (has left and is now doing very well outside), Idros (who went with me to the North Pole in 1998), Ali (who managed to deploy his reserve chute in Lumut 3 seconds before impacting the Dinding river), Yusof (whom I taught how to deploy parachutes real low), Michael (a rigger from Sarawak) and Ginde (I call him Ninja Turtle because his chutes are always bigger than he is).
Rest well, my friend.
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