A typical day in SISPEC

Calvary SG

Hi everyone, i jus finished my field camp, live range and live grenade. Now doing BCCT, SOC and some other shits. I am POPing in say 4 weeks time. After that i will be going to SISPEC as i signed on as a SPEC.

Firstly i will like to apologise to the admins for starting a new thread on SISPEC.

Can anyone tell me what happens in a typical day in SISPEC? Do we really have to put on camo everydae?

How was the schedule like? i heard we have only 6 hours of slp instead of the normal 7.

Will there be any route marches? will we be having our field camp overseas for 9 days? Will it be more siong then BMT?

Which coy is more welfare coy in SISPEC?

P.S. I will only go through 10 weeks BSLC and will not have to go through ASLC as my ASLC is in Stagmount camp.

ditzy SG

After all the theory and practical tests, lets just say you'll be drawing blanks every single morning without fail. Laughing And every night, you'll be drawing maps in the dark, because lights out already and you need the map the next morning.

freedom4ever SG

hmmm.... a signal spec.
regarding your questions, i only know a few of them.
it is definitely more siong. the numbers of hours you sleep will depend. some time you will sleep as late as 2am then wake up at 5. last time i heard that charlie and echo coy to be slack, not too sure now.

Gordonator SG

u should thank sky thank ground if u can even get 5 hours of sleep, wait... make that 4 hours. Laughing

thoreldan SG

if i still can remember, i have like 30++ of section training in BSLC.
(i.e in BMT you have SOC lesson1, 2, 3, etc.. until the test date right?)

And there will be intensive weapons training on the first week of BSLC.

Other training include topo/IPPT/SOC/demolitions....

ditzy SG

I didn't have much soc training in sispec, but had so much section training, aiyah never mind lah. Laughing

Rockhound SG

depends on the company.....

i occasionally get 8-10hrs of sleep on some days...nearly had canteen break almost every day...i think some of u guys noe wat company i'm from..hehehe..make a guess

its all up to the company u are in

god save u if u are in charlie

but for ure sake...better if u go a siong coy..

route march..twice oni...16km and 32 km....

u got 2 Ex Gypsies and 1 Ex Wanderer...

A summary exercise called EX Catwalk..

and yes....we can never forget Ex Nut Cracker

chunyong SG

Be all you can, a special breed of men. We Geng

jeramy SG

there's the 2 major exercise 3D2N to 4D3N or shorter, first one is Nutcracker and the summary one is Grandslam.

that's about it really, the rest of the section/platoon training are all 1 day affairs, which means u get to come back to the camp to sleep. of course there's the 2 navigation exercise gypsy and wanderer but they are still also 1 day.

lots of weapon cleaning, standby area, hardly any rest time.

but one pt to note i got a canteen break on my first day in sispec Very Happy

Rockhound SG

i got tons of rest time though......lol....never had a serious stand by area....canteen breaks almost every day

Calvary SG

hey guys, all this sounds more scarier then BMT. Sigh... i realli hate out field activity. do you noe regulars will go siong or slack coy?

also no one tell me whether whole dae camo on or nt Sad

thoreldan SG

Field/section training you say need camou on or not? Laughing

ditzy SG

That's because it is. Laughing Seeing the info above, quite alot of bits have been left out already. But that's not a good thing.

SISPEC is everyday outfield one leh, if one day no outfield must be bad weather or some cock reason. C'mon lah, go outfield standard is camo on one lah, and touch up throughout the day.

Rockhound SG

for ure sake since u dont want siong...go delta arh.....then when u go unit..u will suffer even more..

Gordonator SG

got 1 friend last time told me, his BMT is more siong than his SISPEC BSLC. yes, he was from BMTC Foxtrot company. Laughing

Rockhound SG

sispec is chicken feet la

especially bslc....its dubbed as BMT part 2.....

IPPT must pass....SOC dont need to pass...

Pass ure navigation test which is called exercise wanderer....which is easy after going thru ex gypsy 1 and 2...all are 1 day affairs...

then ure weapon tech handling tests...for sar 21....m203...SAW...Matador....

then got ure summary exercise which is now called ex catwalk instead of grandslam...3 days 2 nites of section movement...where u do quick attacks...immediate assaults....fire movement and retrogades as a section...

then u learn platoon defense and offense....just brush the surface kinda things...

then to our beloved nutcracker....3 day 2 nite of digging and reinforcement drills...

not forgetting u go for range.....blow up claymores and bangalores and ure chemical defence lessons....and ure section live firing

SISPEC not siong la.....seriously...manageable stress....

not true that everyday u go outfield in bslc.....

wuming78 SG

hm... mind telling us what vocation you signed on as? i hope you didnt sign on without knowing what you are going into. if you had joined any of the regular combat vocations, outfield activities are the NORM. so if you hate them, then... well... you may wish to reconsider your career choice.

all the more, regulars should receive tough training! think the reasons are obvious.

and again, if you have some aversion to camo, then, well, please refer to my first point...

wuming78 SG

im sure the stress is manageable. Wink

however, as for whether its chicken feet and whether there's field training every other day, i think it MAY differ slightly depending on the coy. so perhaps let's not give people here false expectations (or disappointments, if they actually love outfield training). Mr. Green

tetsumi SG

haha... times have changed liao
now got TSR liao, they will try to give u 7 hrs of slp IF possible.
if cannot, then can only lan lan suck thumb.
most of the time is got sai kang to do,
for eg: next day got major exercise, previous day at nite must load stores onto tonners, fill up 40 jerry cans for the whole coy (my platoon always kena this) etc etc...

route march there will be 2,
a 16km n a 32km graduation march
route march is very much the same as bmtc route marches
only that Echo coy is different
they tend to do a lot of extra stuff cos of their commando OC

most welfare coy in SISPEC is definitely Alpha ever since they changed OC

tetsumi SG

god didnt save me when i was in Charlie leh...
nnb! Charlie is the most f**ked up coy in SISPEC.
outfield so-so nia, not xiong not relak cos OC always go by book
but during admin time they wont let u rest 1, nv ever...
glad to have left Charlie... Very Happy

my BSLC coy was Foxtrot
training was xiong
but admin time they really let us rest
it's a place where i met my best buddies in army
now tink back, i miss Foxtrot... i miss SISPEC...