Serving in the army is something almost every singaporean male
has to go through, and the training is, although toned down by many
degrees to appease our small island community after many
unfortunate military related events, is still demanding upon the
recruits physically and mentally.
But i believe that there is another hazard in National Service. The
social environment.
As a pre-enlistee, i have heard of cases where recruits, NSFs and
regulars who fail to adapt wisely to their surroundings, and ending
up either performing push-ups, staying back in the detention
barracks on the weekends, being discriminated against and labelled
the black sheep of the platoon...... etc.....
So, what social guidelines can we follow to prevent ourselves from
having suffer the consequences of irresponsible behavior in the
army ?
I only know of a few advices: Don't be an "Indian Chief", Do
whatever you want to do, but don't get caught, Don't trust anybody,
Don't volunteer for guard duty and don't be enthusiastic about
it..........
My purpose for this thread is to collect many guidelines to form a
library of prudent rules for those people serving in the army, who
are going to serve their national service and hopefully do a huge
favor for those soon going into the army or are in the army to
lower the frequency of kenna screwed or punished. Thanks for your
contributions and your time taken to list down these
guidelines.[/b]
