SAF does not lack technology what is lacking is heartware...

• EXCO

  2 Oct 02, 21:11

  Originally posted by asdfg2:

  or cowards who say bravrey is dead and that increased miltary technology spending is a better substitute

  I thought we've been thru this before? bravery is not dead... it is just that people nowadays know the logic of saving yourself to fight another day. You still think that Roman empire style infantry charges will work? Is that bravery? What gave you the impression that increased military tech spending is a substitute anyway?
• CX

  2 Oct 02, 22:05

  forget it... he's just a warped wacko who's already convinced of his enlightened views...
• Prince38

  18 Oct 02, 10:03

  why is it everyone sound so bitter............
  me now nsf, ording in dec.
  maybe i'm lucky, i quite love and enjoy my army life........besides
  the times i spent in stagmont(@#$%^&*& place) .
  heart ware is something that can be cultivated..........maybe a campaign is required......latest campaign, learning festivals........
  like this year ndp.......about heart ware isn't it????
  like i say before, you all hate the army( kena tortured) so when yuo orded......you hate the nation...........SAF = country (Singapore).........actually army is a very nice place except for the woses.......you guys know, those CSMs, RSMs, or Wing SMs.........
  they seems to pull the army back rite????
• CX

  18 Oct 02, 12:53

  don't talk cock lah! most of us ord when u were still wearing shorts to school. who do u think u're preaching to. u so happy there then volunteer for NDP every year and sign on lah.
  
  spread the joy of service man... or should i say servitude...
  
  WOSEs are the backbone of the army. its a thankless job. they get to be the bad guys cos the orcifers wanna be loved and coddled by their men and their superiors. u think this army is run by young punk orcifers? nothing works without the experience of the WOSEs.
  
  u obviously haven't seen the really power WOs yet...
• LeFire

  18 Oct 02, 16:57

  IMO, the WOSE's are the people to listen to, who know how the Army works and the best way to get the job done. Some officers on the other hand.... Er...
  Got good got bad lah... The really bad ones I've seen are really not worth the cost of their bars. The solid ones I'll follow to war willingly knowing that they won't get grunts like me killed with dumbass mistakes.
  
  Normally, all of us NSF's and NSmen will naturally be sian... But when the real troubles start, you do see a difference in the attitude of everyone.
  
  For example, the times when I became guard comd and guard 2ic after the 9/11 attacks were pretty different, with the guards actually concerned about little things like bayonets (one guard exchanged with me because his was loose and rattled). It was also one of the times where I saw grass-stained boots, meaning those fellows actually walked along the chain-link fences checking for holes.