Was reading BMT FAQ but thought i could add in some useful
information, in no order of importance or whatsoever.
Recruits doesn't mean you're really treated like dogs. That
depends on your coy. Recruits from welfare coys can talk to their
commanders like friends and even kick soccer with them or whatever
crap. This kind of situation will seem quite alien to recruits from
up there coy. So far the latest siong coy should be, School 1 -
Apache, Falcon. School 2 - Kestrel, Ninja. School 3 - Taurus.
School 4 - 5th coy. 6th coy is the pai kia coy. Welfare coys -
Jaguar, Ulysses, Whiskey, 1st, 4th, 7th. (May not have listed all)
A normal day starts at 0545 (But you'll probably need to wake up at
0445 - 0500) and ends at 2230. No handphone chargers in BMT! Most
coys should be able to bring dry food in, ie no drinks, no instant
noodles. Spectacle hooks aren't a must. Buy lots of black tape and
febreeze.
In BMT the difficult part is adjusting to the fatigue and
regimentation. As you slowly transfom into a soldier, there is no
rest when you are tired and you continue with the day's activities
all the way till RO. Different coys focus on different stuffs eg
fitness, force prep, discipline, drills etc.
Honestly, try not to report sick. Reason being, if you miss out
on important stuffs, you'll have to do it while others are
continuing on with the main activity. Worse still, there may be
situations where you book out on Saturdays 11am. However, this may
depend on individual coys.
Pray that it doesn't rain during field camp, that's all. Other
than that, the main problems a recruit would face is probably the
hygiene, high kneel and HEAT RASH! Of course, trench.
Most important BMT components: IPPT, range (BTP), field camp.
Start exercising if you're not, or else if your IPPT cmi, be
prepared to book out only on Saturdays 11am after remedial
training!
Other programmes: Ability group run, Basic close combat, Speed,
Swim, Grenade, Battle inoculation course, Lots of talks, AREA
CLEANING, WEAPON CLEANING, Drills, SOC (Fun!), route marches (4, 6,
8, 12, 16, 24). Ok lazy to continue listing.
This is important: On enlistment day you will be issued with a
freak load of items. Try not to lose anything although it is
difficult to do so. Reason being, you'll probably have to burn your
weekend time to go purchase whatever you've lost. Personally i find
civilisation time too important for this crap. Pay very close
attention to instructions on the first few days as this would be
the time where you are taught how to fix your field pack, LBV and
10 pack items. It's very complicating for a recruit, trust me!
Punishments in BMT (Other than physical) would be confinement,
guard duty and stoppage of leave. Don't report for book in late or
make silly mistakes, it'll probably save you from the first two.
SOL is slightly more serious, for people who misfire/bring camera
phones, fight, smoke wo permission etc.
There will be express interest survey for command school.
(SCS/OCS) Answer no and you will straightaway be denied entry. Just
pray you don't get posted to GDS/INF!
All the best for your BMT! For future recruits, just try to pass
your NAPFA with a silver. Don't bother wasting your time for PTP
(17 weeks) or Obese (19 weeks) and just sail through the 9 week
BMT.
Kestrel Coy 01/12