ah!! BMT IS SEBEI SLACK NOW!!!

monoslayer SG

fark u.

knock it down n hold it there! Evil or Very Mad

mhcampboy SG

wait i ask my comd first... Laughing

wuming78 SG

swearing is how some handle stress. of course, it is a fashion for many others.

but since it is indeed a stress-releasing means, and soldiering is one of the more danger-prone and hence stressful professions, one should expect a fair bit of swears, whether directed at oneself or not.

crabx SG

the first vulgarity i heard when i entered bmtc was 'cluster fuck'...

i think i heard it during the time when they issue the uniform n items.

lol i learnt a new word

crosshairs SG

I think the idea of military training should be to produce an armed force that is effective in combat, and in combat, do not expect your enemies to talk to you in Queen's English, nor anything remotely understandable. (Excuse me my good man, would be so kind as to lay down your arms and submit to our armed forces' invasion of your beautiful island nation?)
I think not.

The context in which the rule of non mentioning of sex organs or any expletives must be viewed in a way that it may cut away with all that distraction of colourful language, and to focus the trainee's attention onto what is important: de-balling the opponent.

However, I find it unacceptable for 50M SOC to be conducted. That in my most honest opinion belongs in the realm of school going kids with nothing better to do after classes.

We are in relatively peaceful times (take away US, M.E, North Korea, Sri Lanka, etc etc) but come real crisis, our fathers and grandfathers may have to do our dirty work for us. I don't have the luxury of that, I'm only speaking for the younger ones and the orphans and occassional weirdos.

Chemineer72 SG

May I know what is the timing for passing this 50 m or 150 m SOC?

If the timing is 5 mins, then it is a different story.

Chemineer72 SG

This 50 m SOC is only implemented during BMT time?

How about the SOC program for SISPEC, OCS, and active units? How about for 1st Cdo Bn?

If it is only for BMT, and it will not degrade the physical fitness status of SAF active units.

The overall fighting fitness of the SAF will depends largely on training in the active units, not for BMT recruits.

crosshairs SG

Why should there be a double standard between BMT units and active units when it comes to SOC? For the guys who have done SOC before, you do realise that obstacle course alone without the distance to run amounts to little. When you get to an active unit, you are supposed to be armed with a set of individual skills and confidence, the stuff needed to further your training and coordination so that you may fight as a team (and this applies to sniper platoons as well), and surely wasting all that time in an active unit training for SOC should be avoided.

Speaking of double standards when it comes to SOC, it is well known that there exists a couple of different variants of the "event" which I am sad to say, is not for me to comment on, because I liked it. I could not bring myself to comment objectively on it.

Chemineer72 SG

It might be for the idea of 'progressive training' that SOC program is different for BMTC and active units. I do understand that there is a more 'advanced' form of SOC called AOC which is not available for most units. I would think the rationale comes from the idea of having BTP and then ATP, and, similarly, section live firing follows by platoon live firing and then company live firing.

In any case, change of training regime is the perrogative of training branch of the General Staff.

Mospeada SG

AOC no running one lah....

crosshairs SG

No running, participants line up at the starting line with their Cyclones and change modes to negotiate through the jacob’s ladder.

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