tekong enlistment is in such a way that the batches are all taken quarterly and will never overlapse into the next batch coming in.. only those obesee recruits stay longer then 3 months which is the norm for most..
Originally posted by redwiner:By the way, i found a schoolmate who's in PES A and failed NAPFA who's going to tekong in march while there's another schoolmate who's in PES A and passed NAPFA going to tekong in april.
Won't Tekong be too crowded seeing that the december/february batch won't be out by then? Or are the new schools big enough to hold the extra number?
In April, it appears that all the(PES A/B) A levels students plus some poly and ite students will be in Tekong.
Its currently unsure how tekong is planning their intakes and how big are each intakes to determine whether tekong will be overcrowded but the schedule is pretty messy as it it now since the confirmed 1st intakes are Dec and Feb which will allow both to POP in Apr while there is a direct BMT intake in Apr but you mention a PTP intake in Mar which will lead to a difference in POP date unless the Mar intake is early Mar since the Apr intake was late Apr if i didn't recall wrongly.
However, it seems there will be a decent number of overlap in the coming years and we have yet to understand how all the intakes are going to be planned as of now.
Originally posted by stellazio:tekong enlistment is in such a way that the batches are all taken quarterly and will never overlapse into the next batch coming in.. only those obesee recruits stay longer then 3 months which is the norm for most..
In that past this is the case but with the new increase in PTP duration as well as PES C/E BMT durations, there will surely be more overlaps across the intakes and not the 'neat' quarterly pattern we are all used to.
ther already are overlaps... in order to pop on the same date, the mild obese ones are already coming in before the current batch pops. but now that 15 and 26-week BMT programmes are combined into 19-week programme maybe it'll be less messy?
Originally posted by sqsz:ther already are overlaps... in order to pop on the same date, the mild obese ones are already coming in before the current batch pops. but now that 15 and 26-week BMT programmes are combined into 19-week programme maybe it'll be less messy?
There should be more overlaps since in the past, the PTP and BMT batches do not overlap themselves that much since each batch POPs before the next comes in but there are more overlaps with the new 4 months PTP. Mild obese and obese batches are significantly smaller than the usual PES A/B batches so their effect is more minimal compared to the additional 1 month PTP.
Comparing the obese and mild obese, there is only 1 obese company generally while there are many more mild obese companies so increasing the duration of mild obese batch is in a way making more people stay on the island than less.
Lastly, the PES C/E BMTs duration were also increased so there is likely to be more people on tekong at the same time compared to the past where most come in and go at roughly the same period but now it seems POP is relatively staggered with already 4 known intakes for PES A/B in Dec, Feb, Mar, Apr.
hey guys this enlistment/deferment thing is giving me a fking problem
abt 2 weeks ago i just got downgraded to pes C so my enlistment date should be changed (according to ppl at cmpb)
those ppl also told me to call ns hotline to check my new date
and so i did and guess what, they tell me that my enlistment date still remains at 12th dec
wtf is wrong with them?? one side say that i dont have to go report and the other says that the date in the system is still 12th of dec.
so is there anything i can do?? my parents are afraid (as always) that i will get punished by law coz i didnt report.
Originally posted by jonchao72:hey guys this enlistment/deferment thing is giving me a fking problem
abt 2 weeks ago i just got downgraded to pes C so my enlistment date should be changed (according to ppl at cmpb)
those ppl also told me to call ns hotline to check my new date
and so i did and guess what, they tell me that my enlistment date still remains at 12th dec
wtf is wrong with them?? one side say that i dont have to go report and the other says that the date in the system is still 12th of dec.
so is there anything i can do?? my parents are afraid (as always) that i will get punished by law coz i didnt report.
Its best for you to just report on the 12th and see what happens. Either you enlist or you get sent back home and wait for a new enlistment date. That is safer than to miss your enlistment and be charged for AWOL.
Originally posted by dkcx:Its best for you to just report on the 12th and see what happens. Either you enlist or you get sent back home and wait for a new enlistment date. That is safer than to miss your enlistment and be charged for AWOL.
i just called cmpb enlistment office
they say that my pes status officially changed to C so i will be wasting time if i go and report
but my parents want smth typed out that i dont have to go and report, how bloody frustrating!
Originally posted by dkcx:Its best for you to just report on the 12th and see what happens. Either you enlist or you get sent back home and wait for a new enlistment date. That is safer than to miss your enlistment and be charged for AWOL.
double post~
Originally posted by jonchao72:i just called cmpb enlistment office
they say that my pes status officially changed to C so i will be wasting time if i go and report
but my parents want smth typed out that i dont have to go and report, how bloody frustrating!
If the enlistment date hasn't changed means that you will just enlist into the PES A/B intake, sound out to ur superiors on that day and mostly just OOC immediately and do sai kang in the office till they either post you to unit or put you into the next PES C enlistment.
It might be too close to enlistment for them to change your enlistment date so just enlist on that day. There is little you can do about it especially since its just 2 days from now.
Originally posted by dkcx:If the enlistment date hasn't changed means that you will just enlist into the PES A/B intake, sound out to ur superiors on that day and mostly just OOC immediately and do sai kang in the office till they either post you to unit or put you into the next PES C enlistment.
It might be too close to enlistment for them to change your enlistment date so just enlist on that day. There is little you can do about it especially since its just 2 days from now.
huh but all the ppl including the enlistment office personnel at cmpb told me that my enlistment date will be changed but i will only receive it after my original one
i guess i'll just make a trip there to confirm...
Originally posted by jonchao72:huh but all the ppl including the enlistment office personnel at cmpb told me that my enlistment date will be changed but i will only receive it after my original one
i guess i'll just make a trip there to confirm...
Its always better to be safe than sorry. Because the status change is rather late, alot of information at the enlistment side might not be updated fast enough to reflect your status and give you another enlistment date.
Sai kang in tekong is not that bad so no harm just 'working' there since its more slack compared to most of the sai kang you need do in unit later.
ORD LOH. ah..how time flies!
Lolz, can bring handphone into BMT or not?
Originally posted by jkxjie:Lolz, can bring handphone into BMT or not?
Non-camera hp is allowed
Originally posted by jkxjie:Lolz, can bring handphone into BMT or not?
Hi jkxjie,
To add on to what dkcx has kindly stated, you are allowed to bring non-camera handphones with you to Pulau Tekong, but you are not allowed to bring handphone chargers with you.
Cheers.
Originally posted by AhJun:ORD LOH. ah..how time flies!
ROD Loh ..how time flies
haha... i had to go all the way to tekong just to get my name off their enlistment list...
apparently cmpb did not tell the tekong ppl that i got downgraded
so i had to take ferry there, show them letter, then take ferry back...
CMPB THANKS AH, VERY EFFICIENT!! #$%@!
Originally posted by jonchao72:haha... i had to go all the way to tekong just to get my name off their enlistment list...
apparently cmpb did not tell the tekong ppl that i got downgraded
so i had to take ferry there, show them letter, then take ferry back...
CMPB THANKS AH, VERY EFFICIENT!! #$%@!
That is how the army works. After your enlistment you will see more of the inefficiency and how slow they are at doing certain stuff. 2 weeks is definitely too short if you expect them to update everything so i'm not surprised.
At least be glad that you went if not they could sent MPs to your place and charge you for AWOL. That letter might save you the DB but going down is alot less troublesome than being considered an AWOLer.
hi.. i m enlisting on the 4th jan. monday, bad day. any1 willing to share when my bookout date will b? much appreciated :)
Originally posted by domerod:hi.. i m enlisting on the 4th jan. monday, bad day. any1 willing to share when my bookout date will b? much appreciated :)
You can count yourself, u'll book out on wk 2? and the day u enlisted is wk 0
Originally posted by jonchao72:haha... i had to go all the way to tekong just to get my name off their enlistment list...
apparently cmpb did not tell the tekong ppl that i got downgraded
so i had to take ferry there, show them letter, then take ferry back...
CMPB THANKS AH, VERY EFFICIENT!! #$%@!
More to come.......
Originally posted by jkxjie:Lolz, can bring handphone into BMT or not?
adding on, by right training time not suppose to use. means admin time den can use, like after RO/last parade
Originally posted by domerod:hi.. i m enlisting on the 4th jan. monday, bad day. any1 willing to share when my bookout date will b? much appreciated :)
at least ur not like me enlist on the 13 friday..
first book out 2 weeks later..after that will be weekly.
i am now overseas so i wouldn't know if i had received my enlistment letter or not. this website http://www.ns.sg/nsPortal/appmanager/nsp/default?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=nsPortal_NSREG_5 has been down for months. i tried calling the ns 24hour hotline but even that is faulty!!! now, i am clueless about when i'm supposed to be enlisted. i want to move back to singapore closer to my enlistment date. i had my medical checkup in september. when do u guys reckon i will be enlisted?