Pengiran Norazmi graduated as a
midshipman from the
Britannia Royal Naval College in the United Kingdom in 1989 before joining the
Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) in September 1987. He was appointed as the deputy commander of the RBN in November 2012 and promoted to captain in the following year. He held this position until 6 March 2015, when he was appointed as the commander of the RBN. On 29 May 2015, he was elevated to the rank of first admiral with the approval of
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The long-standing and tight bilateral connections between the
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and RBN grew even stronger under Norazmi's direction. Both fleets celebrated the 35th iteration of Exercise Pelican and remembered 40 years of defense cooperation in 2016. With improved
naval combat and the incorporation of
naval aviation, Exercise Pelican has expanded in scale and complexity, highlighting the mutual trust and higher degree of cooperation between the two fleets. He also enthusiastically backed the
Western Pacific Naval Symposium Multilateral Sea Exercises in 2015 and 2017, as well as Singapore's first-ever International Maritime Review in 2017. Pengiran Norazmi invited Admiral
Yutaka Murakawa, Chief of Staff of the
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), to Brunei from 31 January to 2 February 2019. They expressed their appreciation for the cordial and amicable relationships between the two nations' fleets during the phone chat. On 19 April that year, the handover ceremony of First Admiral Othman Suhaili from Pengiran Norazmi was held at the
Muara Naval Base. The inspection of the guard of honor, a march parade, a goodbye address by the departing RBN commander, a signing ceremony for the handover certificates, and blessings for the ceremony were among the several events that took place. == Diplomatic career ==