Food for Thought...
Why do the majority of NSmen simply just want to ORD to return
to the civilian citizen-soldier way of life?
To most NSmen, the abbreviation for SAF is Serve And F--- Off far far away.
For boys, please be advised to enlist for NS first to get to
know and experience the NS system, the SAF bureaucratic way of
administration first...etc.
Don't sign on the contractual bond before even experience the
organisation first-hand. If not, you will just regret to
reluctantly sell a few years of your soul to the bureaucracy
instead of practising tolerance of the NS system for just 2 years
only.
Enlist for NS first, experience a few months of NS until get
posted to a permanent NS unit after the BMT to get to know the real
and actual military soldier life. BMT is simply a fun, adventure
camping phase. Actual NS military unit life is much more military
regimental and disciplined.
When truly, madly and deeply like the military in the NS unit,
then it is still not late to sign on to be a professional career
soldier. Otherwise, it is a blessing to just tolerate the full-time
NS (NSF) for 2 short years, waiting to countdown to ORD to be a
civilian/ a NSman/ a reservist.
