for people like you who lazed around in the army, I
sympathize with you. Looking at a bigger picture, I am sad
that we actually need to keep ppl like you in the army.
You wasted your time, the SAF wasted the resources feeding and
clothing you.
Singapore came a long way in the development of its
armed forces. They used to take almost 1 and a half years
to train a support arm officer, such as combat engineer, when
doctrine were being developed, equipment were lacking.
They used to build bailey bridge, with a company, then the
MGB, with a platoon, and now it is laguan with 3 or 4 men. They
used to need strong guy, then poly engineer, now can play computer
game ok liao.
the combined armed and specialist doctrine made certain
training redundant, and time is saved.
Time is still needed for men to form units after training to
carry out exercises to test the operational readiness. It took a
while to test if our combined armed doctrine works.
With reducing manpower, we have done well in maintaining the
strength of our SAF with technology upgrade and doctrinal
changes. I think our armed forces planners will continue to
improve.
We can reduce the total force readiness to just a few
people, just buy a nuclear bomb.
Nobody wants to be in the army, they know that, and army also
knows that there are many zho bo, jia liao bi in the army.
What did you contribute to the SAF in the 2
years? you can be proud that you passed your
IPPT.
Never see you in military nuts? you carried arms in the
army?
So what have YOU contributed to the army?
BMT = 3 months
OCT = 9 months or Specialist = 6 months or normal soldier = 3
months.
After that, it's all about unit exercises and lots of lazing
around doing nothing. If you do not acknowledge this fact that NS
wastes a lot of time being VERY unproductive (even now in
reservist, one can see a lot of time being wasted), there's nothing
much else to say about you. (Even the resident dog in my camp was
real unproductive)
It only shows that you know next to nothing about the
modernization of the army, that gone are the days where 1.5 years
is required to train a soldier.
And myself? I was a platoon commander. AT least I contributed to
the army in a combat way, and at least my men under me were well
taken of.
