How young can a Major be?

last SG · 2004-01-18T16:25:27+00:00

hmm just a quick two cents, I guess the problem isnt with the scholar system. It is here to stay and it remains one of the way to develop our human resource...

Xprobe SG

Any idea about what is the earliest possible age to attain the MAJ rank?

Laplace SG

Would you believe me if I tell you that I have seen RSAF majors that are at the most 27 to 28 years old? Yup, they do exist and most are probably SAF scholars.

cagelee131 SG

i have a fren 2 years ago when he is 27 already Major.....yep he is a SAF overseas scholar.... this kind got potential to be a general next time....in SAF without scholarship....you career path will be quite limited.

Fairyland SG

I second that. If I remember clearly, the graduate scholars come in as captains fresh from school. After a couple of years, for the higher grade scholars they almost automatically become majors!

That makes them around 27 to 28 years old. Vow or no vow my bet is they are still virgins........ Mr. Green I mean they haven't got chicken pox yet.

As major, you command 200 to 300 men/women!

[email protected] SG

27 to 28. my cousin went for the SAFOS talk when he was considering which PSC scholarship to take. Major at age 28 was wad they told him.

AzRaeL SG

depends on how much cock they suck

wuming78 SG

or balls they carry. Laughing

Altrex SG

26 is the earliest age
28 is "time-norm"
I'm on track to be a Major at 28 so I fail to see why 28-30 year old Majors are a big deal
I'm not a scholar anyway and I won't be alone in getting it at that age nor the first to do so by "time-norm"

Most SAFOS will be ard 27, those who get at 26 are "legends", eg, HJO, his younger bro, and a few other famous pple. They are the well known 29 year old LTCs and 32-33 year old COLs....

Laplace SG

Wow, you are very confident to post that statement. You must be a Captain 2nd grade or so to know when you will be promoted already. Allow me to congratulate you in advance if i'm no longer around the board when you get promoted or if you become too busy to visit us here after promotion.

[loudspeaker]Here's a men's man; a real "paramount" officer of the SAF here. A quart of cream from our crop. Show Altrex respect man! "High-flyer"! Cannot play play.[/loudspeaker]

So remember boys and girls! Any comissioned officer of the SAF who isn't a major by 28 has failed his "time-norm" and is complete trash. So regardless of how highly you regard one particular officer, if he isn't major by 28, he's a slacker!

Now excuse me while go and vomit in the toilet.
Rolling Eyes

[email protected] SG

ooo... SAFOS scholar. hahahaha!!!
hey heres a challenge. after your bond ends, instead of continuing the easy way in e SAF, come out and start from the bottom again in the corporate world. im sure if u're very abled u should be able to hit it big in no time, right?

Xprobe SG

Ok, let me do some math here...let see...hey, no need to go INF BN as 2IC and OC meh? You mean just 2 years in BN can become MAJ? What is the performance measurement?

Xprobe SG

Good Honours Grad CPT salary range $3,981 - $6,405. In HK$, 18,192-29,268.

In Hong Kong, PC Constable (A level/ HKCEE) after academy is already HK$15,520 - $22,370. Inspector/ Snr inspector (basic degree/ diploma) is HK$26,245 - $57,110.

But I guess they do real security work. Twisted Evil

wuming78 SG

the pc and oc tours are more or less compulsory. mabbe for these special breed they get their majors like 1 - 2 yrs after their OC tour.

TVaddict SG

if i’m not wrong, the 3rd div commander who’s a BG is at most 40 years of age…

TVaddict SG

repeated

wuming78 SG

er.. no.. lim kah kee is quite old liaoz.

ditzy SG

28?

[email protected] SG

i can clarify here.
these SAFOS guys. they are commissioned even b4 they finish OCS, so that they can go study. so fresh into uni at age 19, they are already ful LTA. near the end of their studies, about the time when they come back to army, they get their captain rank. thats about age 23 to 24, latest. The bond ends when they are 28, right near the end of their bond, they are promoted to major as SAF's way of enticing these people to re-sign. so yes. there are 28 yr old majors. even 27 ones.

but still my challenge is, to not re-sign and come out into the world to start all over again.

vaxjunior SG

Those who come out after one contract do not really have to start from the bottom. They just need to go into any GLC and they should be able to start from middle management level. Otherwise, if they extend, they should come out comfortably as a LTC or COL and go into senior management as my AVP/VP was at SingTel and those who I saw in Keppel - same thing.

So it is difficult for them to start from the bottom Rolling Eyes [/quote]

wuming78 SG

its not tt they r commissioned b4 they finish ocs.

the scholars disrupt their svc sometime after their 2nd term in ocs, and proceed to study. however all their time spent studying are counted towards their service. hence a few months after they leave for studies, they would be "commissioned" to LTA - together with the rest of their batch of cadets, as though they went through the whole entire occ with them. and one yr after tt they are promoted to CPT. so if their studies last for 4 yrs, by the time they return they would have served as a CPT for about 2.5 yrs, they get promoted after 3-4 yrs as a CPT, when they are about 26-27.

so the way they are faster than the rest is due to their being able to concurrent study and serve, not to mention their accelerated career advancement.