Sea Soldier: RSN Naval Base Security RP (Regimental Police)?

Creditoral91 SG

may i know whats my life going to be after i pass out from 8sir as a sea soldier? i heard sea soldier is like rp but guarding of naval base. whats the routine of sea soldier like the working hrs all these somebody tell me pls i have no idea about it!! thanks!

bahbah87 SG

Pass out from army side 8sir..?? ( During my time Navy runs thier own Sea soldier course, hence all SS are from NAVY, btw i ORD-ed 1-2 years ago.)

where are you posted to?? CNB or TNB ?? wads ur PES status ..?? if u are combat fit (able to bear arms), you would be a full fledged SS (sea soldier), u would be posted either to a land side plt or sea ward defence plt, land side would be your standard RP gurad house duites, sea ward would be something you wont get in army (piloting a inflatable boat and doing sea ward watch tower duites)...

The duty routine would scare you, i belive SS is one of the NSF vocations in SAF where the stay in-camp period is the longest.... It works on a 7 day duty cycle system, would only 2 platoons to rotate between. (Eg: say u belong to plt 1, you would mount duty every thursdays to take over plt 2, and stay in-camp for duty form this thursday to next thursday, 7 days straight, and next thurday you would dis mount and be replaced by plt 2, you would then book out and enjoy your weekends, then next mon to wed, report to camp 8-5 for training, so before you think you would enjoy a 7 days off for 7 days of stay-in, there isnt.!! )

Duty shifts you get during your 7 day duty days is quite alright, on average about 6-8 hours worth of duty per man every 24hrs cycle.(well dependent on manpower,deployment and planning....)

since my time, the 7day duty cycle was constanly tipped by our superiors that it would be shorten to a 1 ,2 or 3 days cycle, but till i ORDed it has not been changed, what i heard from my mates that are still serving, till now, the 7days system is still in place.....

pyr0 SG

EDIT

Lokey SG

I had been posted to CDS as riflemen for reservist and it seemed like I should continue to defer my ICT due to shoulder injury. Hehehe.

Basically, you just told me that this unit sucked. But unlike other infantry units, CDS was dealing with real terrorists’ threat. And nothing could go wrong when the US navy ship came. But a unit was being sacked vs men had been abused was two different stories.

Some1’s head is going to roll some days with mindef directives that are not being followed. It seems like my boss is going to have an email warfare soon. See who get shot this time round. Fire in the hole!

The sayiing is still true after so many years, the green guys really dont know how to do things.

Nietzche SG

don't worry too much. enjoy urself in 8 sir that place is almost literally heaven. at CNB, life is tougher but the course is much better these days. its really quite enjoyable la.

bladez87 SG

i 15th batch SS. life is not too bad. but SS is ops unit. not training unit. CDS life more jialat than TDS.but then again i heard after my batch ORD, life changed due to the involvement of SIR. so i not sure liao. but regardless, dont expect good life but once you get used to it, life is not that bad there.

Creditoral91 SG

hmmm OMG it seems so terrible as a sea soldier. may I know how long is the course after u pass out from 8sir ah? then the 7 days stay in is confirmed alrdy ah if u are a sea sodlier. is there any naval base that doesn't operate like that? only 2 naval base tuas and cangi right? oh shit I don't want to be sea soldier!! anyw to escape from it lol an d I dunno how to swim

tarutaru SG

I got a fren dunno how to swim also kenna sea soldier...now u lan lan suck thumb

zhlow SG

yea agree with Pyr0. Many of us get offended when u call us Navy RPs..cos we do shoulder more reponsibility then ur typical RPs in army. In fact over at Tuas, SS do not guard the camp, its the Army Troopers from 8SIR that does the work. We concentrate more on our sea side Ops. And yes, wad PyrO listed above is roughly wad ur going to go through during course. IPPT failure? Fret not, most ppl jump from fail to silver after course. so you noe hw shiong the PT is le la. hehehe. Good thing abt SS is u werent be chiong sua-ing anymore. =)

pyr0 SG

EDIT

Creditoral91 SG

so every saturday there wil be rt for everynoe that dunno how to swim?

eurofighter SG

Sounds like 8 SIR isnt your conventional infantry unit...How different is it from other SIRs? RP duties? So 6SIR stopped their POI duties and returned to conventional infantry unit status?

I came from a time when there were only 6 infantry units.

tanyre SG

yes sea soldiers used to go through the 2-week RP course at 2PDF. but full-fledged SSes are not RPs and should not be regarded as RPs. and yes, if you're posted to CDS, it's definitely more shiong than TDS. good luck TS. and be prepared for a culture shock when you join the navy.

Something random SG

so every saturday there wil be rt for everynoe that dunno how to swim?

During the course, swimmers will train for a test, non-swimmers will be taught to swim. Only towards the end of the course, then those who have passed the test will be allowed for leisure swims or better still stay in bunk, while the rest continue to go for their lesson.

After passing out from course, swim training is done sporadically... and even if you don't know how to swim by that time also doesn't matter already. There is no RT for non-swimmers.

Creditoral91 SG

I heard the 3days of training is not everytime but its just when they want It then there will be the 3days training if not its considered rest days for us is it true? then what's the rt for

pyr0 SG

EDIT

jo908 SG

Hey! im going to 8 SIR clementi on monday 8am. damn i realli duno how do i landed to this course. what is the pay during the course and after passing out?? and is there a leadership course for this to become sergeant or anything. i dun wan to have a 400 plus pay till i ord. i nid to save up for studies. thanks!

spike_jose SG

Dood you will just become a soldier(LCP, CPL, CFC)