Volunteers after 13-yr NSman cycle

• hmsg

  29 Jun 05, 21:44

  Anybody know of people who continue to volunteer after their NSman 13-yr cycle?
  
  What do they do after that? Got IPPT & Shooting?
• dragg

  29 Jun 05, 21:46

  i think they only accept officers as volunteers.
• hmsg

  29 Jun 05, 21:54

  Originally posted by dragg:

  i think they only accept officers as volunteers.

  not true, I had a NSman platoon Sgt and another NSman SSG that volunteer for another 3 yrs. One of them eventually won the NSman award of the year....
• gnoik

  29 Jun 05, 22:28

  Originally posted by hmsg:

  Anybody know of people who continue to volunteer after their NSman 13-yr cycle?
  
  What do they do after that? Got IPPT & Shooting?

  So on meh? Haha. Wat abt u hmsg? R u going to volunteer next time?
• hmsg

  29 Jun 05, 22:30

  Originally posted by gnoik:

  So on meh? Haha. Wat abt u hmsg? R u going to volunteer next time?

  never got beyond the thinking stage... would be fun if can get a few buddies to go together....
• kops21

  29 Jun 05, 22:31

  ......
• dragg

  30 Jun 05, 08:06

  Originally posted by hmsg:

  not true, I had a NSman platoon Sgt and another NSman SSG that volunteer for another 3 yrs. One of them eventually won the NSman award of the year....

  i always have the impression that key appointment holders (leaders), whom are hard to come by, are needed for 13 years re-cycle.
  
  
• Gordonator

  30 Jun 05, 20:31

  how is the pay like? will get chance to go up in rank or not?
• Ogbunwezeh

  30 Jun 05, 22:44

  Wah all this fella really si bei bo liao, nothing better to do.
• gary1910

  1 Jul 05, 01:12

  There are also civilian volunteer too.
  
  Female nurses volunteer to serve in SAF field hospital, they go thru ICTs as well.
  
  Not sure go thru BMT , maybe shorten version, but invaluable during war time as they will be helping in surgery etc.
• octega

  1 Jul 05, 01:21

  Now no family, no commitments can think of this.
  
  Once u have commitments, all changes, I won't be suprise ppl say that IPPT/ICT is a total waste of time, I seen in a few of my friends liao, last time siao on one, now got family liao all du lan SAF.
  
  It is piorities in life, it changes when we age. That is why the amount of ppl volunteering is still low.
• Gordonator

  1 Jul 05, 22:28

  Originally posted by Ogbunwezeh:

  Wah all this fella really si bei bo liao, nothing better to do.

  don't like that say lah please. it's might be their passion. people nowsaday are so particular about what are the outcomes of the things they do. things like this that don't get u paid well enough are considerd bo liao, nothing better to do.
  
  people should just follow their passion. enjoy the things they like to do. instead of for example doing a boring monotonous desk bound job that promises good money but they might not be happy at all.
• chikopek

  2 Jul 05, 00:47

  just serve n f off lah
• chikopek

  2 Jul 05, 00:47

  just serve n f off lah