Originally posted by wuming78:
Soldiers specially trained to protect key
installations
By Goh Chin Lian
BODY searches, spotting homemade bombs and holding down intruders
are among the new skills taught to soldiers from a battalion given
the task of protecting key installations here.
Unlike the conventional infantry battalion, the Sixth Battalion
Singapore Infantry Regiment has a company of troops with unique
abilities to handle security threats.
They include [b]surveillance specialists, along with
experts in detecting and isolating chemical
explosives and communications for command
and control.
Among them are also military police, who have the
authority to arrest suspected saboteurs in a restricted area,
snipers who can hit terrorist targets 800m away,
and personnel equipped with powerful shotguns and
automated grenade launchers that can stop a
speeding vehicle.
Revealing the battalion's make-up and its training for the first
time yesterday, its commanding officer, Major Wong Weng Kong, 36,
told reporters that it takes about 29 weeks to train full-time
national servicemen who have just passed out from basic military
training, for their specialised jobs.
The soldiers, who are screened to see if they have criminal
records, learn, among other things, rules of engagement with
civilians, how to operate a light patrol vehicle and how to cordon
off an area where a bomb is suspected to have been planted.
They are also taught to remember key details for reporting
incidents.
If they spot a suspicious person taking a video of a key
installation and then jumping into a car, they are expected to be
able to recall the car's model, colour and licence plate, and the
person's features and attire.
They also learn how to set up an operations room in an emergency,
and, for some, how to front interviews with the media.
Since turning operational in November, the troops have been taking
turns in 24-hour protection of key installations around the island,
such as the petrochemical hub on Jurong Island and Changi
Airport.
They relieve patrols of other Singapore Armed Forces soldiers who
guarded these places after the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in
the United States.
Having a dedicated battalion also means there can be a focus on
refining the training, said Major Wong.
This includes testing new training methods and gadgets, including
equipping troops with personal digital assistants that can take
pictures and transmit them to their commanders.
THREAT CONTAINMENT: Soldiers demonstrate how a suspected terrorist
would be dealt with. -- EDWIN KOO
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1) if u can spot a terrorist 800m away either means
1) part of a big wayang show
2) he is a famous T like Been Laided
3) he is carrying a lighted molotov and walking linearly towards
the building...
2) MP arrest people in Restricted area just means
Terrorist got in, MP got Terrorist and Terrorist got all of the
people in the base by detonating....
3) stop a speeding vehicle
1) bomb carrying vehicles do not speed one....no one is that stupid
to draw attention prior to detonating.
just a week or so STAR re-re-re-iterated maritime thingy, now is
SAF turn, next will be STS saying maritime thingy then SAF then
back to STAR to re-re-re-re-iterate maritime thingy or other things
dat has been said b4 many times. just keep bouncing between SPF,
SAF and maybe even SCDF. wats new ?
oh yah...and dats not the proper way to call a search, the fella's
hands should be above his head and legs spread wide....and you
don't stoop down one....and u dun do it agaisnt a glass window cos
the bugger can see clearly what you are and will be doing......and
they still claim 24 weeks of training....LMAO. sigh.....
