NS: Solar Urticaria = PES E? Serve in Air-Con @Office Clerk?

Xfex SG

Do Solar Urticaria skin disorder need to serve NS?

I heard in NS, there is a medical excuse called "Excuse Sunlight"?

Do people suffering with various skin disorders still have to serve NS in non-combat vocations such as administrative personnel in air-con office, service medic in air-con medical centre, or storeman in a partial air-con logistics room?

Do I need a certified/ vertified memo/ chit from a hospital specialist doctor to give to the CMPB doctor on the medical checkup day during pre-enlistment registration process?

How to check enlistment date @ www.ns.sg?

eac SG

Please submit the hospital specialist memo to the camp doctor to assess and process.

As usual, please refer to this guideline:
http://sgforums.com/forums/1390/topics/392446

eac SG

Prepare for PTP/BMT: http://iprep.ns.sg/

Secrets to Pass IPPT: http://lifestyle.www.ns.sg/features/fitnessxchange

Source: www.ns.sg , www.army.gov.sg , www.mindef.gov.sg

BMT Enlistment Dates for 2013

www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/About_BMT/Enlistment_Dates.html

BMT Graduation Dates for 2013

www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/About_BMT/Graduation_Dates.html

eac SG

Refer:

1. http://www.ns.sg/nsp/web/esvcs/mindef/nsreg/enq-enlist-status

2. http://iprep.ns.sg/enlistment-schedule.html

3. http://iprep.ns.sg/notices-and-timeline.html

4. Call 24/7 toll-free NS hotline at 1800-3676767 to speak to a customer service officer.

You will receive notices from the Central Manpower Base (CMPB) at different times before enlistment.

There are 2 important notices you'll receive from CMPB, these are listed below:

Registration notice: you'll get this notice when you reach 17½ years old. It will inform you to do your NS registration.
Enlistment notice: this notice will be sent to you about 2 months before the Date of Enlistment (DOE).

eac SG

Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/About_BMT.html

Types of Basic Military Training

PES A/B1 BMT
This 9-week programme trains combat-fit recruits in the basic military skills to prepare them for advanced vocational training. The programme includes weapon training with the SAR 21 rifle which will teach recruits technical handling and marksmanship skills; a Battle Inoculation Course that simulates a real battlefield; a Field Camp which develops basic survival skills; progressive training to complete a 24-km route march which builds combat fitness and endurance; and hand grenade training.
For those who fail to achieve the NAPFA test silver award, they are required to undergo an 8-week Physical Training Phase (PTP) prior to the PES A/B1 BMT.

PES BP BMT
As evidence has shown that obese recruits are able to achieve optimum fitness levels and weight loss in about 19 weeks, the new BMT programme for recruits with Body Mass Index (BMI) scores exceeding 27.0 will be 19 weeks. This BMT programme is designed to help obese recruits improve their physical fitness progressively while equipping them with basic soldiering skills and knowledge.

PES B2 BMT
Enlistees who were PES C1 previously underwent a 7-week BMT programme. The new 9-week PES B2 BMT programme will be conducted for recruits who are medically fit for deployment in selected combat and combat support vocations, such as signal operators, combat medics and naval system operators. These recruits will be given a new medical classification of PES B2, in place of the existing PES C1 classification. This is to ensure that the medical classification of our soldiers is consistent with their deployment. The new 9-week programme will include customised physical training, as well as basic combat training to prepare them for their combat and combat support roles.

PES C BMT
The 9-week BMT programme will be conducted for PES C recruits. This programme will include light physical training and vocational training to prepare them for combat service support vocations, such as service medic, and those related to logistics and administration.

PES E BMT
The 4-week BMT programme will be conducted for PES E recruits. This programme will focus on, vocational training as well as National Education, SAF core values, regimentation and discipline to prepare recruits for combat service support vocations.

Xfex SG

Thank you for the information.

I need to consult a hospital specialist to get a written memo to prove, certify and verify for my condition, right?

As in the phrase, "Got specialist memo, got talk. No specialist memo, no talk"?

There will be enlistment going on for every single month due to batch intakes for the number of NS pre-enlistees, right?

eac SG

Yes, you are correct.

You have self-answered your own questions.

eac SG

AsiaOne
Monday, Apr 08, 2013

This is MINDEF's transcript of Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen's reply to the oral parliamentary query on Apr 8, 2013.

Mr Nicholas Fang: To ask the Minister for Defence what is the average number of downgraded personnel in each annual cohort of full-time National Servicemen and how many of these are assigned to clerical or administrative jobs each year.

Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen: Mdm speaker, National Servicemen are medically assigned a Physical Employment Standard or PES, according to their medical history and health condition. The PES of the full-time National Serviceman (NSF) is one factor which determines their suitability for various vocations within the SAF. It is not the only factor, it is one factor. Other factors include the SAF's operational and manpower requirements, as well as the educational qualification of the individual and his physical fitness. But generally, PES A and B full-time National Servicemen can be deployed to all vocations, while PES C NSFs can be deployed to combat support and combat service support vocations. Mr Fang asked for percentages. The corresponding percentages for PES A is 27 per cent, PES B is 58 per cent and PES C is 8 per cent at enlistment.

PES E full-time National Servicemen have medical conditions which limit their physical activity but some can still be deployed for combat service support vocations. PES E form 7 per cent of full-time National Servicemen, with 2.5 per cent assigned to clerical and administrative roles within the SAF.

Xfex SG

Wow,u sure are very informative.thanks alot ^^ cheers!