NSF officers posted to BMTC

Ah Gong SG

a waste of talent

should get regular officers there as part of their tour

now NS two years then OCS training plus BMT is 1 year. train 1 year then post to BMTC so wasted

mhcampboy SG

Then nsf officers become battalion COs? Rolling Eyes

Ah Gong SG

those just grad from OCS those regular 2lt or LTA .

Rockhound SG

u must be joking......

tchiew SG

I beg to differ, won't it be a "bigger waste" for regulars who just commissioned (from OCS) to serve their PC tour in BMTC? Most regulars will serve their school tour as OCs. Besides, their isn't enough of regular 2LT or LTA from each cohort.

Btw, no offense to any 2LT or LTA who were posted to BMTC after commissioning, they are not exactly the "cream of the crop" per say (Based on their ranking during OCS days at least). You guys may not agreed but that's what i gathered during my days in the mid-ninties.

Master -_- SG

80% of those commissioned and sent to BMTC were among the lowest in the ranking and peer evaluation exercise. Not just for my batch but 3 batches before me as far as i know

Obersturmfuhrer SG

Dun think its that bad to be posted to BMTC. You're still judged to be good enough to handle recruits. Imagine those posted to HQ NCC, fit enough to only handle kids?

Anyway, most NSF officers hoping for more "senang" postings so since BMTC already quite senang and they can act like big fugs somemore. What better deal is there?

kwlee SG

ya loh, recruit vs 2nd lt

boltstorm SG

i wonder why they have such policy...anyway my pc last time was a WO so i dunno what is it like to have a "bottom of the barrell" 2LT as a PC for bmt

crabx SG

one chocolate bars in bmtc is like king....

everywhere u go u will hear 'good morning/afternoon sir here n there' or 'platoon tiam!' etc..

song bo?

jianfish9 SG

Ya, in BMT think 1 bar big fug.

Later go unit can lim kopi with 2crab. Confused

I_love_my_toilet SG

get regular officers worse la

BMTC got ISO 9001 9002 9011 9003 dunno which one
paperwork more impt leh haha

either they do more paper work
or the specialist do more

you think they spend so much really sit down to grade REC performance to match their posting ??? hahaa Mr. Green

BMTC NSF officers suffered alot k.

spencer99 SG

It is not really the case of putting the "bottom" cohortof officers into BMTC but that the cream of the corp of OCS graduates will go to the "front-line", "combat" units like SIR, Gds, SAR etc etc.... so the remainder can go the BMTC where they will be in 2nd line positions.

if i understand correctly, the 3SGs and LTAs from BMTC will server their reserve service in PDF units, 2nd-line units also.

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

Hey I was a BMTC spec who did some time in a combat unit... totally different cultures I must tell you.

I prefered being a unit spec... the office politics in BMTC, as well as the job scope (where you really bao ka liao) are a killer. I'd take the tighter, more gum with your men and relevant jobscope of unit anytime man.

But no, it's not a waste to send NSF 2LTs to BMTC, they get the job done... most of them anyway.

All I can say is that BMTC is a mixed bag... yes as an NSF commander there you are the king of Tekong but at the same time in many other areas the life is actually worse then being a unit spec. The whole BMTC feel for the commanders is extremely isolating, and you have far fewer close friends then you would get in unit.

Not to mention while recruits might respect you, you have to clean their backside and run daycare for them... made me pine for the days where I was doing some real chiong suah in unit instead of the SITtest and field camp wayang.

tetsumi SG

damn it... my sentiments exactly... Confused
u 33rd aslc?