Military career Borhan was commissioned to
Junior lieutenant on 13 December 1959 and posted as
platoon commander in 4th Battalion,
Royal Malay Regiment. In the late 1960, he served with his battalion under the
Malayan Special Forces for
United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC). When his assignment was completed in December 1962, he was selected to become officer-cadet instructor at Federation Military College until August 1965 before he joined the
Malaysian Special Service unit, which newly formed while the
Konfrontasi was ongoing. In the late December 1970, Borhan promoted to
lieutenant colonel and posted as
commanding officer of Malaysian Special Service Regiment before he transferred as
Defense attache in
South Vietnam in January 1975. In January 1978, he promoted to
colonel and posted as
Commandant of
Special Warfare Training Centre before he transferred as Chief of Staff of 4th Infantry Division three years later. The position he held until 1992 before transferred to Deputy Chief of Army. == Personal life ==