(The following scenario is FICTION. hee hee hee)
Weeks before something BIG is going to happen, many reserve units
will be notified by SMS or email to be on alert amb**. Those more
garang units will be on alert r**. 
Most of you guys will not smell a rat yet. Alert manning is part
and parcel of our NSF/NS life right? Those who are more creative in
their cognitive process will start to feel uneasy.
Two days days before the BIG event, some units will be quietly
mobilized. They report to camp, get fully kit up, issued 2 times
contact rate ammo. They are forced to hand over all their
communication devices. They will be deployed at forward sector
Alice, Betty, Chayenne, Doris, etc.
Most people will still be kept in the dark.
One day before the BIG event, the rest of the units will be
mobilized and equiped. A order will be sent out for all NSmen to
report.
People start to get really worried now.
The next day, the first shot is fired...
Almost all able bodied men will be with their units liao. How to
take passport and run? 
