How many overseas exercise did you go?
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As above.
I am asking because I was only NSF but I went for 6.
2 x lancer
2 x starlight
2 x waleroo (typo)
I was wondering is 6 oversea exercise common for NSF now.. -
1, nearly 2, but just goddamn 1.
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wallaby?
that tank firing exercise in australia?
cool..im just wondering how accurate would it be..
if a moving tanks fires at a moving target.. -
so overall how was it?
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2 x waleroo (typo)
That's Ex Wallaroo, I believe.
Australia's more for Armour training, so I've never went there. I was "unfortunate" in the sense that my active Arty outfit could do live-firing locally, & as much we spend a lot of time at the SAFTI area. Almost burnt every other weekend in my 2nd year, upon my unit achieving REDCON status & often asked to help affect battlefield climate for the infantry exercises. Countless "dry runs" on Fridays/Saturdays before live-firing on Sundays.
All in all, I went overseas thrice as a SAF soldier: Brunei (with 6 SIR as an attached FO/FSO group), & Taiwan twice (as a Arty reservist). Also penciled for Thailand when close to ORD; I wouldn't have minded but by then I valued by owed off-in-lieu's more.
Nowadays, the local Arty units must almost certainly always go overseas for live-firing, given the increased range/calibre of the new weapon systems. I won't be surprised if they compile at least 8 trips by the end of their reservist cycle, spread between Ex Starlight, Ex Cresendo & Ex Thunder Warrior (New Zealand). -
i'm still waiting to get POSTED overseas... anyway, it won't be till maybe another 2 years before i get to go overseas
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2, actually shld be 3 but the 1st one was cancelled at the last minute due to sars...
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5 in all, twice to one location.
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1 X cresendo
2 X Wallaby
3 X Starlight
siamed 2 X starlight and 1 X Cresendo....
my 2nd wallaby freaking 38 days, fighting 3 battalion and 1 brigade excercise..
the good thing from that 38days aussie trip, saw 2 kangeroos fighting it out over a 3rd kangeroo, likely to be 2 males fighting over female..? 15 m infront of my position in the morning.. i was like ready to throw my thunderflash n smoke grenade at the 3 somes before running for my life if they charge towards my position.... -
38 Days!! That's freaking long. My longest was 28 days at Wallaroo. Did you get an oversea allowance?. Rumor among us that time was that all NSF who went overseas fo rmore than 30 days get an oversea allowance.
With regards to the tank life firing, I was an AI not a tankee. We took part in a battalion life fire exercise. One whole stretch of M113 (I think around 25 ) firing at the same time with the SM1 tanks was really the most impressive I have ever seen in my whole army times. We do not shoot to the move for that exercise.
I did a life firing exercise with the 50 on the move in starlight before. Very diffcult to hit target... or maybe it is just me
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1994, NSF, ROC. Unforgetable memories: Super Puma crashed into mountain killing 4 inclued a top Taiwan pilot.
1996, NSmen, ROC. Unforgetable memories: Massive earth quake during R&R in Taipei, 830am while still in bed.
1998,NSmen, ROC. Unforgetable memories. Summer. Suffered high fever for 7 days straight while in field. Sent back to camp medical center. Heat Exhaustion...
2004, end of my status as NSmen......... -
NSF have time to go for 6 overseas ? Are you in some sorta instructor role ? Or support/enemy role ? If it's 6 times combat exercise overseas, wow.Originally posted by geruicheng:As above.
I am asking because I was only NSF but I went for 6.
2 x lancer
2 x starlight
2 x waleroo (typo)
I was wondering is 6 oversea exercise common for NSF now..
I went for 3, almost 4.
2 x starlight
1 x lancer (wish i've never seen the stupid place)
1 x cresendo (waahahaha SAF mass budget cut, no $ to send us overseas)
Btw, does Tekong count ?
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Brief time line..
jan 97 enlisted
August 97 Starlight
September 97 Wallaroo
October 97 Lancer (supporting role)
November 97 Standby to go Indonesia when Silk Air crash their plane. Need not go in the end.
September 98?? Lancer (supporting role)
October 98 Wallaroo
Jan 99 Starlight
May 99 ORD..
Nope, I was never an instructor or any thing.. somehow events just unfold such that I went for 6 oversea trip. Almost 7 -
5 and all FTX
2 x crescendo
1 x starlight
1 x lancer
1 x safkar indopura -
i was there for the exercise too in 1994 when the puma crash..
me attach to acting storeman...totally out of my vocation. but anyway volunteer to go to taiwan for 3 mths instead of nz for 1 mth.
another exercise in aust supporting RSAF...Originally posted by Manager433:1994, NSF, ROC. Unforgetable memories: Super Puma crashed into mountain killing 4 inclued a top Taiwan pilot.
1996, NSmen, ROC. Unforgetable memories: Massive earth quake during R&R in Taipei, 830am while still in bed.
1998,NSmen, ROC. Unforgetable memories. Summer. Suffered high fever for 7 days straight while in field. Sent back to camp medical center. Heat Exhaustion...
2004, end of my status as NSmen......... -
2002- Starlight (Attach OCS Bravo)
Enjoy e R&R....
2003- Cresendo (Claymore admin party ! )
Freaking 3 long months !
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i think it depends on ur unit.. we din recieved any additional $$ for the long time spent overseas.. sianz... but nice experience.... my unit ma jiam SAF tour agency like tt...
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overseas exercise:
NSF 0
NSMAN so far 0
during nsf my unit exercises were held only @ Lim Chu Kang. -
NSF = Exercise Maple Flag... Goto some ulu small town in Alberta, Canada.. Spend around 2 weeks there.. quite a fun experience, but the town is so boring =( just one strip of road with a few shops here and there... major department store there was Wal Mart.. lol!!!