well, the SISPEC, or now known as SCS topic has expired and i
can't post there.
i'd just like to contribute my army story to this forum. whether
it affects and help you individually or not, that's not my problem.
all i seek, all i want, is for motivation to envelop the eventual
and current NSFs serving.
i entered SISPEC through a circuitous route (think about
manpower deployment and PES status). It was a place i never wanted
to be. all along, it was either OCS or nothing. but then again,
when the SAF wants to fuck you, hell, even if your uncle is a
Col/Gen you gotta LLST. if true, kee chiu :p
so i went back into SISPEC. met really inspiring (and this may
shock you) sect leaders, plt leaders, plt comd and coy comd. it's
sad that my plt sgt left the force, my sect comd probably won't
make the assessment. its enough however, that my PC and my OC has
gone further along the route. i trust they will shape things up as
they go along.
so anyway, Golden bayo. SOM in OCS. all from someone who fucked
things so badly in NS, but got a redemption shot along the way.
I am not bragging nor do i want to. the only thing i want to
impress upon (what i hope to be impressionable minds here) is
this,
NS is 2 years give and take that you've gotta serve. you have
your family, you have your friends, you may even have a girlfriend!
those are the people you are serving for. make them proud, and make
the extra effort they put into making your bookout enjoyable
worthwhile. (the most touching thing i came back to was after BMT
and my mom was cooking my favourite dishes and my bed was freshly
made by my maid).
these people love you and they want you to try your best. where
you go doesn't matter. what matters is you do your very best in an
institution where everybody has served.
if you are here and you see this, all of us have served our
time. for good or for bad, that is the little bit we have done for
this country.
PS: if i've gone off track, let me get back on it. SISPEC is
physically siong. OCS is physically + mentally siong. they will
fuck you up so badly through sleep deprivation and punishment and
then ask you to do an ops order. SISPEC is good training. i feel,
(not that it matters), that SISPEC should be a route that all
potential OCTs should go through first before entering OCS. [fuck
CLM la.]
