Basic Military Training
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Hi guys, i'll be enlisting into pasir ris camp very soon. Its cdo camp.. anyone know how different the Cdo BMT is compare to the normal BMT in tekong?
anyone care to share ur experience ? thanks in advance 
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good luck to u and have fun... and be strong... learn to work in a team and u will be alright
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not sure think BMT is 4 months instead of 3, and at least up to 60% of weekends confinement.
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eh...i tot you got selected for pilot?Originally posted by NaZtAzi0:Hi guys, i'll be enlisting into pasir ris camp very soon. Its cdo camp.. anyone know how different the Cdo BMT is compare to the normal BMT in tekong? anyone care to share ur experience ? thanks in advance -
How Come BMT at Pasir Ris? Wasn't it Suppose To Be at Tekong?
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mono intakeOriginally posted by StRiKeMaN:How Come BMT at Pasir Ris? Wasn't it Suppose To Be at Tekong? -
CDO BMT leh!Originally posted by StRiKeMaN:How Come BMT at Pasir Ris? Wasn't it Suppose To Be at Tekong? -
ya...but my aeromidecal still pending.. then meanwhile i was called up for cdo trainingOriginally posted by sgFish:eh...i tot you got selected for pilot? -
Gd luck and hope u will make it to leaders' course.
Cant comment on BMT coz im inf/Guards i dunno how CDo train.
but i do know the 1CDO RSM is a fierce guy. He my PC last time.Originally posted by deathscythe99:CDO BMT leh! -
Infantry Warriors marching one by one... Woot
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CDO BMT is longer than normal BMTC BMT right?
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Nope, but chances are that you're going to train longer hours, and you're definitely going to book out less than the Tekong boys.
In my day, lights out was typically 0100-0130, and reville was 0445. Don't know if that's changed. Every day starts with a run between 3 and 5 km long, and that's if you're not being turned out at Changi Beach.
Basically, the syllabus is standard - it's just that's you'll be trained harder than at Tekong. Not that it matters - if you make sure you don't get injured in training, it's perfectly survivable, and it's been getting easier over the years. -
15 days field camp. in the middle of the night, got smoke grenades throw in to simulate enemy attack. Good luck. all this is according to my friend.
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previously, cdo bmt was conducted by NSF leaders (3SGs) which - combined with the lack of the safety culture brought about by recent incidents - led to training being akin to what Gedanken described. over the years, it gradually got softer though it was still significantly tougher than tekong bmt.
however there've recently been experiments with using regulars from the CRF as trainers a few intakes ago, and right now bmt is conducted by CTW - i.e. ranger cadres. no need to worry though - by all accounts it's still getting more slack - rather, no tekkan for ridiculous reasons which was still happening as recently as 03, which coincides with the last intake which used NSF trainers. but since then its gotten less and less shiong.
so i wouldn't worry very much if i were you. the fact that ranger cadres are conducting the training is no cause for alarm, truly. ranger treatment is just a mode they can switch on and off - most of them are really quite nice people. -
How Bout Guards BMT?
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no different from normal bmt...Originally posted by StRiKeMaN:How Bout Guards BMT? 
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Originally posted by quivalen:
That's probably after my time - in the early 90's, all BMT trainers, except for a few PCs, were regulars. I'm also from the days of the old Hendon camp, where the company lines were well out of sight of the HQ building.
[b]previously, cdo bmt was conducted by NSF leaders (3SGs) which - combined with the lack of the safety culture brought about by recent incidents - led to training being akin to what Gedanken described. over the years, it gradually got softer though it was still significantly tougher than tekong bmt. [b] -
Ouhh, ic. I Can See Ur A GuardsMen.Originally posted by mr_sotong:no different from normal bmt... -
how u know, u've never been through BMTC?Originally posted by mr_sotong:no different from normal bmt... -
bmtc bmt is a leisure camp..
doing bmt in units are tougher....but fun too -
Infantry based mono-intake BMT (SIR and GDS) = BMTC BMT
Same syllabus. Same goes for OCS SAF (W) BMT.
Only difference, Mono-intake BMT is supervised by fresh OC/PCs with the only experience people the PS and Sect Comds.
Mono-intake BMT tend to be based on "what we want our men to become" type of standard.
whereas BMTC BMT is, "just follow the syllabus, meet the minumum and F-Off to your next posting". -
Ponders is rite.
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eh, Par si ris camp ? ....
During my time it was HENDON camp, (year 2000) been away from Singapore a couple of years now, has the camp moved ? ... our trainers were NSFs grabbed from other companies who've turned ops, (cpls, 3rd sgts), platoon sgts were mostly regulars, longer ? nope, same as tekong, diff is that the SOC has no concertina wires cos you'll be doing 5 click soc later on ... (10 click if you go leaders course) ...... the really fun stuff will start after BMT
but i guess i have no right to say much though, as i never got the red beret in the end (downgraded, loosen shoulder tendons, dislocates easily ...) since you're going in, have to warn you about taking care of yourself, don't be afraid to sound out if you have a (physical) problem, the trainers will insinuate that you're chao-kenging for sure, and reporting sick at hendon is like going into a concentration camp (during my time, the MOs were fuckers who treats everyone as a chao-keng case until proven otherwise, and will ask the medics to drip you for anything to give them practise...) push yourself, do your best, but be mindful of your body's signals ... don't end up like me, not being able to play tennis or badminton anymore, and sometimes wakes up in pain because a shoulder joint pops out at night ...
On the other hand, remember that what you achieve in your 2 (2 years now already ? ... ) years will stay with you for the rest of your lives, even though i can put my head up high and say i truly did the best i could (9.00 2.4, not the best of course, but respectable even there ... ) and it was something unforseenable, ... i still count not getting a red beret one of the big regrets of my life ..... This goes out to everyone going into BMT too ... there will be times when you're tired and dirty or got stuck on weekends etc .... and you'll start comparing how good a life others have in other camps, vocations, etc ..... just remember that years down the road, all these will be treasured memories,.... make them all good ones .... don't have any "what ifs" in your 2 years of wearing number 4 ......... -
Yup we may all curse and swear while we are training but there is really a sense of accomplishment when it is all over... You would really be even more satisfied if you managed to hold a higher appointment than your peers during NS...Originally posted by Fatum:eh, Par si ris camp ? ....
During my time it was HENDON camp, (year 2000) been away from Singapore a couple of years now, has the camp moved ? ... our trainers were NSFs grabbed from other companies who've turned ops, (cpls, 3rd sgts), platoon sgts were mostly regulars, longer ? nope, same as tekong, diff is that the SOC has no concertina wires cos you'll be doing 5 click soc later on ... (10 click if you go leaders course) ...... the really fun stuff will start after BMT
but i guess i have no right to say much though, as i never got the red beret in the end (downgraded, loosen shoulder tendons, dislocates easily ...) since you're going in, have to warn you about taking care of yourself, don't be afraid to sound out if you have a (physical) problem, the trainers will insinuate that you're chao-kenging for sure, and reporting sick at hendon is like going into a concentration camp (during my time, the MOs were fuckers who treats everyone as a chao-keng case until proven otherwise, and will ask the medics to drip you for anything to give them practise...) push yourself, do your best, but be mindful of your body's signals ... don't end up like me, not being able to play tennis or badminton anymore, and sometimes wakes up in pain because a shoulder joint pops out at night ...
On the other hand, remember that what you achieve in your 2 (2 years now already ? ... ) years will stay with you for the rest of your lives, even though i can put my head up high and say i truly did the best i could (9.00 2.4, not the best of course, but respectable even there ... ) and it was something unforseenable, ... i still count not getting a red beret one of the big regrets of my life ..... This goes out to everyone going into BMT too ... there will be times when you're tired and dirty or got stuck on weekends etc .... and you'll start comparing how good a life others have in other camps, vocations, etc ..... just remember that years down the road, all these will be treasured memories,.... make them all good ones .... don't have any "what ifs" in your 2 years of wearing number 4 .........