brcc = brigade recce company course
ispc = infantry scout platoon course
my cst last time consists of a 2 weeks training at hendon camp
which includes some nights out and weekend bookouts. the killing of
fowls, frogs, iguanas and such were done during this period. we
were taught how to cook bamboo rice too which was actually useful
for the 2nd half of the course. btw the killing of animals was a
'voluntary' action. if nobody volunteers, the arrows will come.
the 2nd half of the course was a 1 week (iirc) outfield at
tekong. we were driven to a beach with beautiful fine sand, lots of
coconut trees, olive trees and a little stream running through the
jungle behind the beach. we spent about 2, 3 days building A-frame
tentages with branches and leaves, plucking coconuts and olives and
cooking bamboo rice. the ration given during these 3 days was a
pack of combat ration per day to be shared among 2 teams and some
uncooked rice (iirc).
after these 3 days, we were told to packed up and topo to
another spot on the island. the topo was supposed to be on a team
basis but some teams ended up walking together eventually.
after that all of us were settled in a training shed for the
night. we were told there will be a simulated attack on us later on
which came at around 4am. that was the start of the pow phase of
the course. the attack consists of thunderflash and firing of
blanks by the instructors. nothing new. after that all of us were
told to wear our long 4 inside out and a number was written on each
of our shirt. we were also blind folded and hand cuffed. we were
then led to walk in a single file to some unknown location. once
arrived, we were interrogated one by one using soft and hard
tactics. some of us were tekanned with labourous tasks. we were
also led one by one to a tank where we were dunked repeatedly into
the water. the next one to be dunked was led to the front of the
tank to hear the 'torture' of the guy in front.
eventually the exercise was cut halfway as news from the
hospital arrived which said one of the trainee has died due to the
dunking. several others were sent to hospital as well. by the time
my blindfold was removed, i was already blindfolded and handcuffed
for 14hours or so.
the escape and evasion phase (chasing by dogs) was not done as
all of us were sent back to hendon that same evening.
hope that helps.
wow.. i think i was few batches after you, hence i never went
through any cst training since it was suspended for a very long
time.
i wonder if they will make us go through cst training during my
ns cycle
anyway dun think now the cst will be like that also, with all
the deaths happening
