Hi. i am current a year 1 poly student. i was thinking about
signing up for the SAF diploma scholarship. i plan to sign on as an
aircraft maintenance engineer. i was just
wondering if signing on is worth it? i mean i have to serve
additional 3 years in ns. and will those 3 years be considered as
work experience?
Hi! You which poly? I also planned to sign on at first as
a Military Police / Guards under Army.
(Guards damn xiong, I know... at first I cancelled then Guards call
me to cmpb & keep psycho me to join 
)
So guys need serve 5 years ah? Coz the officer told me I only
need to serve 4 years. but actually u got advantage leh. Guys need
to serve NS (2 years compulsory) and so u serve 3 years extra. I no
need NS so I serving 4 years. 
Actually i oso v blur... but at last i didnt sign. I worked w
SAF for this NDP as a leader and I can tell you, SAF is not
organised at all and its like shit. Everything push to other ppl.
Esp u sign now oni 3rd sergeant rank and no chance go
OCS AT
ALL. Got shit ppl push to you u oso must
suck it up coz SAF is a hierarchical organisation. Truth be
told, w 3rd sergeant rank in SAF u cant really do much, except to
take orders from higher-ups (from my understanding).
But if u need $ (like me) or really want a cool job (like
me) or really dw deskbound job (like
me), maybe can
consider signing? Plus poly grads now hard to find jobs and
starting pay all ard $1800 - $2000. Join starting pay is $2000++
And when studying they pay for our sch fees and still give $1200
allowance every month plus $10000 sign-on bonus (or isit $25000???)
If u do well for semester exams they pay us extra $1000 or so. The
$ is actually quite a handsome sum. (depends on what vocation you
sign for)
Anything PM me! We can discuss since both of us are in
dilemma 