today in straits time, got one interview with this COL who got
award.......36-year old become COL liao!!!!! wtf??!!!!!
must have been a super-ace scholar and promote around 1 rank
every 2 - 3 years......last time my OC at age 30 still CPT, which
is quite the norm.....
if people at age 36 already COL, that means around:
-20 yrs old, he sign-on as 2LT during NS
-22 yrs old promote to LTA
-24 yrs old become CPT
-26 yrs old become MAJ
-29 yrs old become LTC
-32 yrs old become COL
the only reason why he didn't become BG is probably cos' of the
capacity and cannot anyhow promote to BG.
anyway, from my observations, you can easily tell which officer
will rise to rank of COL or higher.
if you see those officers at 28 - 30+ yrs old still CPT, they
will get stuck at MAJ rank even when they retire.
for those who already get MAJ at early 30, they have very high
chance to get up to LTC during late 30s - early 40s, and become
COs......
if they are lucky, at early-40s, will become COL and late 40s -
early 50s, become BG.
anyway, i don't have any confidence in our generals.
in fact, i have more confidence in the lower ranking officers
because they seem to be "on the ground" more. Those generals in SAF
everyday see them get awards, give out awards, media photo shoots,
glorious magazine interviews etc....haiz....
in other countries, like USA especially, their generals can be
described as "grow up by eating wars".....Chi1 Zan4 Zhang3 Da4.
i think SG really focus too much on paper and academia
liao.....i don't see how a studious nerd who scores 15 distinctions
for his MBA degree is able to lead a country in war.
considering how fair and gentle they are, they really look more
like doctors than rugged generals.
depends on the plan they sign. if im not wrong, heard that can
go up to min. LTC if u nv screw up.
depends on what generals u talking about. if u say scholars, i
got nth to say. but i've seen some farmer generals. alot of ppl
here will agree with me that there are some really good ones out
there. like the ex 9 div and 2pdf commander. the next up and coming
one is col lee wei cheng. very sure he can be next chief
commando officer. col lee earn the respect of alot of ppl on the
ground.
maybe u just didnt happen to meet a good general yet that's y u
have such a thought. but trust me, those that i've named are really
nice. the current 3 div(or is it 6 div) commander, col ishak
also not bad.