Dec 24, 2008
Recruits don new
uniforms
By Jermyn Chow
NEW recruits are among the first of the Singapore Armed Forces
(SAF) servicemen to wear the new 'digital camouflage'
uniforms.
The more than 1,000 recruits from the Basic Military Training
Centre (BMTC) on Wednesday lined up in the first public outing of
the pixellated uniforms, more than three months after it was first
unveiled.
They were released on leave from their Pulau Tekong camp for the
Christmas break.
The pixellated uniform will be phased in over the next three years,
with recruits, active servicemen and some national servicemen
(NSmen) already receiving their new uniforms.
By 2011, all NSmen will be wearing the new style. There are about
300,000 active and reservist personnel in Singapore.
The new-look combat fatigues, commonly known as the No. 4, bear
tiny pixels that create a 'quivering effect' on the eye.
This will in turn make it harder for a soldier to be spotted at
distances of less than 50m. Besides the pixel patterns, the uniform
comes in new shades.
