If anybody has read the book Dune before,people will remember
the name of the dread warriors of the Padishah Emperor,the
murdering Sardaukar(obviously the inspiration for my name).
In the book,the Sardaukar are drawn from a pool of candidates on a
single prison planet,filled with slaves and criminals convicted of
smuggling,rape,manslaughter,sex crimes,etc,where the mortality rate
is greater than 60% for 1st year prisoners and where they have to
survive in an environemnt that kills 6 out of 13 people before they
reach the age of 11.The Sardaukar help in culling excess prisoner
population,using them as training aids.They recruit from among the
survivors and then train them into Sardaukar by granting them a
warrior mystique based on the fact that they survived to become
elite Sardaukar,that their survival is a sign of their superiority
to other humans,a testament to their ferocity and resilience.They
are then given whatever they desire(women,wealth,etc.) while being
indoctrinated.The price;serve their Emperor unquestioningly and
maintain their fighting skills and improve them.
Now,the concept of the Sardaukar and Fremen from the book 'Dune' is
an interesting concept,but could derived ideas from it be put into
actual use in training troops?
Say from among the conscripts or professionals that composed our
army,we perhaps raised a platoon or company size detachment to form
a small unit of elite soldiers with a higher level of 'eliteness'
than either the SOF,NDU or Cdo's with the intention of serving in
the role similar to the Israeli Sayeret Matkal which is the
IDF(Israeli Defence Force) primary intelligence gathering and SF
unit.They are an SF force involved in foreign operations,often of a
covert nature.
http://www.fact-index.com/s/sa/sayeret.html
http://www.specwarnet.com/world/matkal.htm
Perhaps we should invest in such a unit,only with the aim of making
the soldiers within casual killers.They could be deploye for high
risk operations in areas where terrorist activity occured or as a
safeguard against normal army units mutinying.We could select from
among the best and most intelligent of the conscripts or
recruits,train them up to a point where they would undergo CBT,the
Ranger(Singapore and US) courses,USN SEAL training as well as
elements of the NDU training,with added leeway for their trainers
to brutalise them and make them used to harsh treatment.
During this time,they would face continual indoctrination and
education in languages such as Malay or Thai or other appropriate
languages of areas where Singapore has active interests and taught
to blend in.After such harsh training,they could then be deployed
with promises of scholarships and job security for their families
and other such attractors.
Their duty;follow the orders of senior commanders in whatever
designated tasks.This would alllow for covert operations to be
carried out effectively and as well in black or covert operations
to avoid diplomatic upsets,such as operations where assassination
or silencing of certain individuals,such as perhaps a foreign
ambassador,are required,as well as counter terrorist
activity.
of course,all the above is hypothetical.We have a very small pool
to draw from,and it could becom a political 'hot potato' due to
possible human rights violations.That and most individuals would
not make it through the training.
