Guts! Training
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Rappelling and Roping
In battle, Guardsmen are noted for their rapid deployment of troops. Their rapid deployment is by helicopter. Thus, an important part of their training has to do with helicopters. This entails not only rapid disembarkation techniques but also rappelling, coming down from the chopper via long ropes; a nice landing area may not always be available, and Guards units may have to rappel straight into battle zones, or onto rooftops.
The Guards have to master many kinds of rappelling from cliffs and buildings. In one method, they come down a cliff head-downwards. In case they are wounded in a leg and cannot use their legs to brace themselves against the cliff face, they also learn to come down with their backs facing the cliff, and also in a stretcher*. All this business of jumping off cliffs may sound scary but the Guards are apparently so used to it that it is like child's play to them.
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Watermanship
A coastal hook is an offensive manoeuvre initiated by army forces and executed by forces embarked in surface water craft using the coastal sea or river as an axis of movement, to outflank the enemy in order to accomplish the assigned tactical mission.
River crossing training forms an integral and unavoidable part of land operations. The objective of the training is to project combat power across a water obstacle quickly while ensuring the integrity of the crossing force and maintaining the momentum of crossing. The crossing training is therefore not viewed as an operation in itself but as part of the overall land offensive.
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FIBUA
The progress of modernisation has created an ever increasing number of population centres in the form of small and large towns and cities not only in the region around us but also the rest of the world. As more and more swamps and forests are cleared, the pace of urbanisation has gained rapid momentum. Built-up areas are beginning to envelope more and more areas. This development implies that urban warfare is becoming an increasingly more important aspect of military operations. Troops will encounter more built-up areas (BUA) along their axes of advance than ever before. When transformed into defensive positions or strong points, built-up areas will significantly hinder the progress of offensive operations and restrict oppurtunities for manoeuvre.
Historically, military strategies and tactics have always advocated that urban centres should be isolated or bypassed rather than risking costly lives, resources and time-consuming operations in BUA. However, in the present day context, fighting in BUA is unavoidable due to the nature of urban development.
I LOVE FIBUA FIGHTING
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ATEC
ATEC (Army Training Evaluation Centre) conducts annual training evaluation for both active and NS Infantry/Guards Bns, Commando Bns and Armoured Battle Groups in the planning and execution of conventional and special operations as part of an Infantry/Armour Brigade HQ, or as part of a higher HQ.
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arent u mortar plt one? fibua oso u sit back and relac mah. haha...
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Survival Training
soldier never knows where he may fight, or for how long. His rations may run out. Thus survival training is important, not only to ensure that troops can live off the land if need be, but also to toughen up soldiers and increase their confidence in their own abilities. One unit which receives such training is the Guards.
Various kinds of survival training are given in the SAF, and perhaps the most dramatic phase is when a snake is killed and trainees drink the blood. This is done in jungle setting, for example, in the Mandai Forest of Singapore.
The art of trapping wild animals for food is also taught. Various traps, made with wire, rattan, string and other materials, have to be constructed quickly. In the wild, animals abound. Snakes, monitor lizards, birds, fish, rodents, snails, ferns, edible roots, fruits, berries, bamboo shoots and many other things are not only nutritious but can be delicious too. Most of the SAF soldiers have already eaten sharkfins, fish maw, sea cucumbers, fish head curry, turtle soap, snow fungus, ear fungus and other exotic foodstuffs, so it is just one more short step to eating the other things.
Care for yummy python in banana leaf, anyone?
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yup although i got learn before but it was very fun.......Originally posted by wuming78:arent u mortar plt one? fibua oso u sit back and relac mah. haha... 
my mission is not 2 over run the objective but 2 blast the target -
GARANG FACE
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but mortar fire cant realli do much damage to bldgs leh..Originally posted by LoVeMeLoVeMenOt:yup although i got learn before but it was very fun.......
my mission is not 2 over run the objective but 2 blast the target -
Originally posted by LoVeMeLoVeMenOt:
wow.....such delicacies......shark fins.....wonder if i will haf de chance to try
[b]Survival Training
soldier never knows where he may fight, or for how long. His rations may run out. Thus survival training is important, not only to ensure that troops can live off the land if need be, but also to toughen up soldiers and increase their confidence in their own abilities. One unit which receives such training is the Guards.
Various kinds of survival training are given in the SAF, and perhaps the most dramatic phase is when a snake is killed and trainees drink the blood. This is done in jungle setting, for example, in the Mandai Forest of Singapore.
The art of trapping wild animals for food is also taught. Various traps, made with wire, rattan, string and other materials, have to be constructed quickly. In the wild, animals abound. Snakes, monitor lizards, birds, fish, rodents, snails, ferns, edible roots, fruits, berries, bamboo shoots and many other things are not only nutritious but can be delicious too. Most of the SAF soldiers have already eaten sharkfins, fish maw, sea cucumbers, fish head curry, turtle soap, snow fungus, ear fungus and other exotic foodstuffs, so it is just one more short step to eating the other things.
Care for yummy python in banana leaf, anyone?[/b] -
what about medic?
they die for the men too leh .. -
yes of cos... and they always haf the manpack the stretcher ard...Originally posted by antoh:what about medic?
they die for the men too leh .. -
and the infantry as well.. the most unglamorous, most unspoken of, but equally important.
