singapore and the U.S share a strong strategic and bilateral security relationsship the was formalized with the signing of the meorandum of understanding between the two countries in 1990 that led in turn to singapore hosting the command and logistics headquarters of the seventh fleet in singapore, together with rotational deployment of military hardware. separately, the singapore parliament has endorsed an u.s.-led coalition fighting against the islamic state of iraq and syria. it offered to send a contingent of between fifiy and sixty personnel from the singapore armed foces for assistance in imagery for air-to-air refuelling.