Hi Guys, just wanna confirm with you all, is it necesssary to
take RT if I fail IPPT after my window closes, considering I'm now
a full-time student studying in SG?
As a principle, yes, cuz RT is non-residential like IPPT (&
unlike ICT). You can apply to your Unit for RT deferment by
submitting valid evidence, like an exams timetable, but must
otherwise show why you can't be released to go down on weekday
evenings & weekend mornings/afternoons. Note, though, that upon
approval of deferment your Unit will book on your behalf the
next-suitable RT schedule & inform you accordingly.
Inconvenienced? Hey, working reservists - including overseas
frequent fliers - aren't excused either.
FWIW Best way to "postpone" the entire liability is to get
medically exempted (6 months consecutive or 9 months culmulative)
or being posted to MINDEF Reserve or to a Holding List (i.e.
disrupted cuz you're overseas, etc.).
I only know you can be exempted from mobilisation and ICTs
during your Higher Education Learning (HEL) years.
Nowadays excuse mob, meh? I kena Area i/c during my 1st year at
NUS in the late '80s &, during the later years when I stayed in
the campus hostel, was actually activated once by pager. Had my No.
4's with me, but ended up travelling cross-country to my Tampines
home for fullpack items after receiving a tipoff that they were
conducting full equipment checks.
