The proper way it is suppose to be done is like this
u sit in a tub of cold water wearing nothing more then short i
think.They will then proceede to dump bucks of water over your
head.After which they ask you to put ur head into the water for as
long as possible.When u cant hack it no more u surface....and the
moment u surface to take ur breathe they dump another bucket on ur
head.After which they would curse and scream at u to answer the
questions and you're suppose to dunk ur head into the water
again.Then they repeat the whole cycle.This was told to me by my
commando friend who underwent the training 3 years ago.He say it's
nothing more then to get you used to being dumped in water.
The SAF training is lame compared to early days.They r no safety
rules in tekan session as long u dun kill anyone.
One old bird from the first batch of NS AI who is trained by the
Israelis told me that they gone thru hell during BMT worst than the
CST,if u laugh without authorisation , he will ask u to open your
mouth and will spit into your mouth and command you to swallow his
saliva.
If you reported sick and came back with only ATT B, you will get
hell from him and wish you did not report sick .
You will ask how come they dun resist? If you do , he will tekan
you till you comply. If u are not happy , you could challenge him
to fist fight after training anytime, rank aside.
Hokkian pengs did & got beaten by the bigger & experienced
Israeli veteran.
His philosophy in training: If you dun hack in my training , you
will not hack it in a real war.
Maybe this is why the Israeli never lose a war.
In the early days of NS, recruit commited suicides were year in
year out affair, AWOL was common(even heard one whole platoon Awol
together, BOI case of cos), training death in almost every major
exercise.
So the question is , Are soldiers getting so soft tat they could
not hack it in a real war?
According to my dad who was in like the 5th batch of NS recruits
well that's the truth!He also said the mortar guys had it
worse.....they had to each piggyback a 2m tall steel cabinate down
3 stories.The cabinate weight something like 200kg's and if they
fell the cabinate crushed them but they had to get up and continue
going down.My dad was considered lucky since he was posted to a
signal unit which was trained by the brits.Those israelis are tough
cookies!Especially since ALL of them came over to train us right
after their war in the 50's!
