aren't you pushing the boundaries of common sense a little?
lets take the "slackers" at mindef. the common practice if i'm
not wrong is that the next person on the rooster picks up the slack
if the first person falls sick. so if you're 5 person down the
line, how likely is that? having spare men around to pick up the
slack? well I guess if you want to count it that way you could.
and SAF is stupid enough to do so. doesn't help that they have
tonnes of moeny
where and in what capacity did you serve in ns btw ? ... I have
never seen such a system in my time, doesn't help that there's only
5 non-officers in that tiny department.
so in your case, how many people are required to stay in ? ..
two person for everyone on duty ? ... three, for primary,
alternate, backup ? do you call up the next guy in the line from
home or what ? ... try to find the next replacements somewhere out
there when he deliberately shuts off his phone cos he knows he may
be called up next tonight ? ... while you run around like a
headless chicken ? .... that's why bods stay in camp
...
even for combat units, sure, you can argue, unless you're on ntm
5 manning with weapons drawn, there's no need for anyone to be
around in camp at all .... remember mas selamat ? ....
