Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) (Distinguished Service Order (Military)) is awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces for exceptionally distinguished service or merit in senior command or staff positions.

The medal of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) is worn as a neck decoration pendant from a ribbon. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUBC.

The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang is the civil equivalent award.

Description

 * The ribbon is purple with maroon and white edge stripes.

Recipients

 * GEN John Baker (dec) - Australian Chief of Defence Force, 1995-1998
 * ADML Chris Barrie (ret'd) - Australian Chief of Defence Force, 1998-2002
 * 2003 - Gen Surayud Chulanont (ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
 * 2004 - GEN Peter Cosgrove (ret'd) - former Australian Chief of Defence Force
 * 2004 - Major General Halbi Yussof - Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces
 * 2005 - Gen Richard Myers (ret'd) - former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Military of the United States
 * 2005 - Gen Chaiyasit Shinawatra (ret'd) - former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
 * 2006 - Air Marshal Sir Bruce Ferguson (ret'd) - former New Zealand Chief of Defence Force
 * 2007 - ACM Angus Houston - Australian Chief of Defence Force
 * 2009 - Gen Djoko Santoso - Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces
 * 2011 - Lt Gen Sir Jerry Mateparae (ret'd) - former New Zealand Chief of Defence Force, current Governor-General of New Zealand
 * 2013 - General David Hurley, Australian Chief of Defence Force