Is the spf Gurkha Contingent the most formidable elite?
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does the saf have any similiar unit to it?
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they damn fit!!!!!
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ya..i heard many stories abt them.1 legend is that if they draw their dagger,blood has to be spilled.
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if they draw their dagger.. for no reason.. they have to cut themselves n the blood must be on the dagger... thats what my grandmom said....Originally posted by kakashi84:ya..i heard many stories abt them.1 legend is that if they draw their dagger,blood has to be spilled. 
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Sounds like the Fremen and their crysknifes from the novel 'DUNE' by Frank HerbertOriginally posted by kakashi84:ya..i heard many stories abt them.1 legend is that if they draw their dagger,blood has to be spilled. -
wat dey do during peacetime and wartime ah?
just curious
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guarding the Lee family and other big shots house lor...Originally posted by monkeybusiness:wat dey do during peacetime and wartime ah?
just curious -
to hunt for goondu who think that it would be safe to land on pulau tekong.
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Their curries smell Daaaaamn nice. You guys should take a whiff if you are ever in tekong.
And they guard the american club in singapore.
Plus near Tekong ferry terminal, there is another gate they guard.
So i think guard duty is their job? -
guys.. while i was having BMT in tekong, i saw some army guys wearing greens but no SAF no.4. are they the gurkha contingent? saw them book out and got a police car came and drove them off....
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there's also a gurkha at the australian school along lorong chuan and tanglin trust behind OETI. though they're only seem to be around during high key periods.
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There's another one at a building along Pasir Panjang Road.... MAS Headquarters, if I'm not wrong.
You can't miss him..... khaki hat, MP5 submachine gun......
I had a Gurkha guy during my Combat Medic Specialist Level II Course.
Shorter than me, but much, much tougher.
His muscles could make Arnie weep. -
i hope their muscles are all cos of their genes....but they do train hard right?
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no need qns.
they are ELITE
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Hahaha! Why must they cut themselves? They can go wet market and let their dagger to fishmonger to chop one fish and they can put it back.(Fish stunk and blood on dagger,LOL)Originally posted by JJxJJ:if they draw their dagger.. for no reason.. they have to cut themselves n the blood must be on the dagger... thats what my grandmom said.... -
Not true...During training, they draw their dagger, which is called Khukiri, to cut trees, thick growth and plants to clear a path. Sometimes they draw for polishing and sharpening. No need to cut themselves.Originally posted by JJxJJ:if they draw their dagger.. for no reason.. they have to cut themselves n the blood must be on the dagger... thats what my grandmom said.... -
Well, the short answer is no for the moment. While we do have small units like SOF, the SAF doesn't have an all-regular force on the scale of the Gurkha contingent.
And yes, they're bloody fit. The way they run up hills, I'd swear they were part mountain goat.
That said, our lads from SOF are easily up to par with the Gurkhas on a man-to-man level. Unless Meculo happens to also know many of our force line lads on a first-name basis, I wouldn't take his opinion too seriously.
Ultimately, it comes down to professionalism, which Gurkhas are renowned for. Whenever our guys bumped into the Gurkhas in Changi, there was mutual respect, and that's what I liked most about them. -
There was 2 of em walking around Zouk out !
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not dagger. the legend actually comes from the legend that Gurkha Kuris(the knife symbolic of gurkhas) have to draw blood when drawn from the sheath.Originally posted by kakashi84:ya..i heard many stories abt them.1 legend is that if they draw their dagger,blood has to be spilled. -
I was in nepal for a hike around the annapura ranges when I was 16. Most of us with 1 backpack already half dying on the mountains. the sherpas, were happily prancing up the mountain with 3 or 4 SUITCASES in a big basket they carry on their back. I'd definately say they ARE part mountain goat, park incredible hulk.Originally posted by Gedanken:Well, the short answer is no for the moment. While we do have small units like SOF, the SAF doesn't have an all-regular force on the scale of the Gurkha contingent.
And yes, they're bloody fit. The way they run up hills, I'd swear they were part mountain goat.
That said, our lads from SOF are easily up to par with the Gurkhas on a man-to-man level. Unless Meculo happens to also know many of our force line lads on a first-name basis, I wouldn't take his opinion too seriously.
Ultimately, it comes down to professionalism, which Gurkhas are renowned for. Whenever our guys bumped into the Gurkhas in Changi, there was mutual respect, and that's what I liked most about them. -
I have a Khukiri and I don't feed it blood each time I draw it (though it is a nasty piece of work, it has a forward CG which makes any stroke frount heavy resulting in a deeper cut).
The legend is that during WWI (yes, 1914-191
, many people who meet the gurkhas first time were curious about their Khukiri, asking them to show the blade etc. Soon standard reply was "cannot, bcos need to feed blade blood everytime draw blade" was used to discourage such casual requests. There are some (me included) who believe that knives have spirit which demand respect and the Khukiri has one of the more nasty versions. FYI Giant Khukiris are used in a festival to decapitate a bull with one blow!
I have seen gurkhas in action during my NSF. Dressed in British DPM camo, carrying M-16 and full pack, an entire platoon can walk by without as much as a sound even before you know it. I've seen them do "PT", more like SOF selection, full pack runs, in tempo and at IPPT pace!!
They are tough and dependable, so much so that my ex-company wanted to hire a few to provide security for our plantations in Indonesia. They are the bodyguards of choice for the rich and famous in Asia, the Sultan of Brunei has two battalions. Singapore has Btn plus. Guarding Lee Dynasty and Singapore Mint etc. -
LHL was at zoukout?!?!?!?Originally posted by ben1406:There was 2 of em walking around Zouk out ! -
Strictly speaking, the Gurkha Contingent is attached to the S'pore Police Force instead of the SAF. They do riot control (mostly famously during the Maria Herogh racial turmoil) as well as provide security services (VIP protection, guarding of key installations) in the local context, so it's kinda irrelevant to compare the SAF with them. Salutations to them born warriors, though!
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I don't think so.. I think they were put there for crowd control !Originally posted by FireIce:LHL was at zoukout?!?!?!? -
Anyway,a couple of years back,in Hong Kong before the return of Hong Kong to China,there was an incident where 3 Ghrukhas were in a pub and got involved in a brawl.Some 40 over ppl were injured,but the 3 Ghrukhas turned out without a scratch.Makes you wonder what they are made of eh?
Anyway,I did like to see how the Us Navy S.E.A.Ls fight Ghrukhas.Haha,since Navy S.E.A.Ls are touted as the worild's elite of the elite.