Regimental Police (RP): NS Camps Border Area Security Guard?

[w][e][i] SG

hi there, juz helping my frd to ask… do rps get combat allowance?? i know fds get combat allowance… but army rps got anot ah??

Gordonator SG

yes. they get combat allowance but most don't do combat stuffs. heck, most of them are even 8 to 5. Laughing

off_service SG

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To the best of my knowledge, only RSAF RPs and RSN Sea Soldiers get combat pay. Not for Army RPs..

Gordonator SG

hello friend, all RPs get combat pay lah.

whether or not they deserve it is another matter. Laughing

sgFish SG

sea soldiers si simi?

off_service SG

Sea Soldiers are the Navy RPs.. like Airforce RPs, they have dual roles.. peacetime and wartime roles.. They will defend their naval base in times of need.

Ponders SG

actually it depends what type of RP they are.

Unit RPs (usually BDE level and above) are part of the estab and have a war time role, these have combat pay.

BASE RPs usually have combat pay.

Most CCO RPs do not have combat pay.

I dunno how they classify who gets combat pay or not. Because the RPs in my CCO, some got combat pay, some don't have.

Gordonator SG

CCO RPs do get combat pay too.

Ponders SG

this is one thing i don't understand

some RP tell me yes.. some tell me no.

So i dunno whether its a yes or no.

off_service SG

Ok.. simple way here..

Ask your RP friends..

1. Did they undergo the 2 weeks RP course only... OR
2. 2 weeks RP course with combat training

If it's 1, most probably NO combat pay, if 2, confirm got.

Gordonator SG

what combat training are we talking about here? Question

off_service SG

For me, the RP combat phase is almost similar to that of BMT. We went through ATP, rouch marches, trench digging, POI and FIBUA.

For Navy RPs, they will go through a combat training which is designed for Navy.

Also for info, RPs in Airforce and Navy are under "Combat-Service" .

Gordonator SG

how long is the combat pharse? Question

off_service SG

10 weeks..

o-lua SG

i'm a sea soldier. our course last for about 13-14 weeks. the course is like tt of sispec, just that v much less emphasize on field craft. mg is a requirement too. for the course we need to go tru 15 sets of soc, daily.
however, the course requirement is ez.
and yes, we get combat pay.
just for ur info Smile

Gordonator SG

for FDS RPs. are u 1 of them? Question

off_service SG

Yes.. I'm from FDS..

off_service SG

Just wondering.. for the sea soldier course, is training using boats and swimming and water related stuffs are more emphasized? Any examples of the stuffs that you guys go through?

o-lua SG

erm, yes. we learn bsaic seamanship. like those knots tying which will be handy during sea ops.
our passing out finale is e rowing of rubber dinghy for 25 km.. other that tt we don't really touch those boat.

however, after passing out.. there's another course which completely focus on sea ops. only selected sea soldiers goes there. Smile

Hibiki SG

o-lua you from ssc which batch?