Reserve Officer Training Unit

The Reserve Officer Training Unit (Abbr.: ROTU, Malay: Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan – PALAPES, Jawi: ڤاسوكن لاتيهن ڤڬاواي سيمڤنن‎) is a military training programme designed for undergraduate students at Malaysian universities, with the aim of commissioning them as reserve officers in the Malaysian Armed Forces. Graduates of the programme are commissioned into the respective service branches of the Armed Forces Reserve, either as Second Lieutenants in the Territorial Army (Askar Wataniah), Second Lieutenants in the Royal Malaysian Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Pasukan Simpanan Sukarela Tentera Udara), or as Acting Sub-Lieutenants in the Royal Malaysian Naval Volunteer Reserve (Pasukan Simpanan Sukarela Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia).

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