Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg/nsmen
Operationally Ready NSmen are a vital part of the SAF and forms
the core fighting force. Each year, you will be called up for
in-camp-training for two to three weeks to maintain your individual
proficiency as well as to build unit cohesion. Such training
ensures the highest level of operational readiness in the SAF. From
1 Apr 2006, you need to serve only 10 years of ICT
instead of the 13 years. You will also be activated regularly for
mobilisation exercises.
To ensure that NSmen can strike a balance between the competing
demands of NS duties, family and work, you will be called up for no
longer than the period required to meet the training objectives.
While NSmen can be called up for a maximum of 40 days of NS
in a work year, in practice, an NSman is generally called
up for not more than 14 days for local training, or 21 days for
overseas training in your high-key training year.
Before your NS training begins, a notification will be sent to you
as below:
a. 6 months in advance for high-key training (i.e. 7 days
or more);
b. 3 months in advance for make-up training (MUT) as well as
low-key training (i.e. between 2 and 6 days); and
c. 2 months in advance for call-up activities for 1 day or
less.
