Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1954, i whakakorehia te SSVF, a, i uru te Singapore Volunteer Force ki roto i nga Singapore Military Forces (SMF). I āwhina te SVF i te whakangungu i te wā o te
Malay Emergency, a, i te teitei o te Whakataunga o Indonesia, i tukuna ki te tiaki i nga whakaurunga nui i Singapore me te tonga o Johor ki nga kaiwhakatuma. I te 1961, i whakaingoatia te SMF hei Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).