parachuting....
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hi guys, i'm wondering besides the commando who else are able to parachute in the SAF?? there mus be a course where non-commando(NSF) can learn to do parachuting too.
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If you're a combat regular, should have a chance to earn your wings. We do see wings on the chest of officers and specs who are not commandos.
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I think its called airborne confidence course. Available to Staff Sgts and above.
But if you mean as a civilian, i don't think so. -
Civilian it would be under, freefalling
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meaning those NSFs personnel will not be able to go for the course rite?? infantry units and staff sgts and below... cannot?
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the only reason i'm aiming to go commandos is because i wanna jump off a plane
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hmmmmmmmmmmm not sure abt NSFs going for it...Originally posted by XCnemesis:meaning those NSFs personnel will not be able to go for the course rite?? infantry units and staff sgts and below... cannot?
most of the time its the regulars, coz i think for some they have to do one of the 3 confidence courses to get promotion -
LOL~ well u can sign on as a regular then go for the courseOriginally posted by nismoS132:the only reason i'm aiming to go commandos is because i wanna jump off a plane -
Para jump are complusary for Commandos and NDUOriginally posted by XCnemesis:meaning those NSFs personnel will not be able to go for the course rite?? infantry units and staff sgts and below... cannot?
Para Wing do conduct open course for non vocationist on Basic Airborne Course(3SG and above) but it is for regulars who need to have at least a confident course.
They also conduct for NCC too. -
I dun think must be SSG & above, as long you r regular you could attend the course.
During my NS days, there was this Tech specialist only a liao jiao Sgt (then there r only one type of Sgt, no classification) got his airborne wing when he was young. -
What about the Guard Units ?
Surely, some from the Guard Units are trained in parachuting too ? -
haha... before my enlistment i had wanted to go commando, for the parachute too. lucky i wasnt selected to go commando, imagine going thru hell to have my airborne.Originally posted by kopiosatu:LOL~ well u can sign on as a regular then go for the course
sign on... better go for freefalling course after i ord
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Not complusaryOriginally posted by Atobe:What about the Guard Units ?
Surely, some from the Guard Units are trained in parachuting too ? -
not onli Regular..its a course...its just tat they make it compulsory for the Cdos to go thru..during my NS time..they will ask anyone wana go for Airborne course..i think 1 year got 2 course for non Cdos...
officer Specs Men all can go..open course for everyone in SAF.. -
just me i guess.. i never thought of jumping out of a perfectly good plane...
like aforementioned.. freefalling.. -
but i dun wanna live a military lifeOriginally posted by kopiosatu:LOL~ well u can sign on as a regular then go for the course -
I feel that freefalling, the civilian or military version, is of a higher class of parachuting than static line. So don't have to sign on just to get the wings.
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Its looks very exciting! Hope to try some day.
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During my course, there was a handful of non-Commandos and they were all regulars. However, my information is not up to date - I come from the days when it took 7 jumps to qualify.
Be it freefall or static line, most of us took it simply as a way of getting from A to B, a glorified version of stepping of a three-tonner, as it were.
CXnemesis, with the right instructors, commando training is far from hell. Certainly we did have some section commanders and platoon sergeants who ran around like psychotic poodles on Ecstasy, but they were not the norm and generally ended up making life harder for themselves than for anyone else.
For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of the Special Boat Squadron officer in WW2 who said, "Are you TOUGH? If so, get out. I need f***ers with intelligence", but he summed it up very well. The training is not specifically designed to more physically demanding than that for other units (although it often works out that way), but, because of the tendency to operate in smaller numbers, to get the trainees to be more level-headed and so to fight more efficiently and with greater flexibility than those of other units.