Field Camp/ SITest @ Situation Test
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ya don't be like my fieldcamp, out of 7 days rain 5 days. damn demoralising sia. especially one rain, we were sleeping under the stars without basha and it started to rain. can u imgine how terrible it is?Originally posted by wuming78:oh yah.. one other tip - pray that it doesn't rain, and pray that your harbour area is on higher ground.
pray for light dizzle, not heavy rain.
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Oh that feeling of waking up in the morning... If the night was dry, u slept comfortably... When u wake up, u gotta put on that stinking, WET uniform again... That feeling when u put it on... PRICELESS.
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arghhhh!!! damn rite! i get goosebumps jus by recall the digusting process... wet, stinky no.4...... nooooooooooo.......Originally posted by Shotgun:Oh that feeling of waking up in the morning... If the night was dry, u slept comfortably... When u wake up, u gotta put on that stinking, WET uniform again... That feeling when u put it on... PRICELESS.
If the night was wet... u'd just be bitching in the morning anyways. -
You consider lucky liao, during my field camp it rained 9 out of 10 days (yes, 10 days not including SIT test). I was practically wet throughout the 10 days. And believe me when i say its farking farking cold when you sleep in yur wet no.4 while its raining *shiver*. Basha quite useless actually, it will leak if the rain gets heavy.Originally posted by Gordonator:ya don't be like my fieldcamp, out of 7 days rain 5 days. damn demoralising sia. especially one rain, we were sleeping under the stars without basha and it started to rain. can u imgine how terrible it is?
pray for light dizzle, not heavy rain.
Some of my mates suay suay built basha on low ground, practically slept in a puddle. Drainage is important, esp if yur basha is located downslope.
Watch out for centipedes, esp at reclaimed land. A big one (about 15cm long) bit one of my platoon mates near the groin area while he was sleeping. And another one was hiding in my buddy's helmet, lucky he saw it before putting it on. And of course, there are the wild boars, cute fellas, until they start raiding your camp at night and scare the sh!t out of you. -
Originally posted by Shotgun:
You took off your uniform in field camp? Whatever for? Besides, by the time finishing digging set up, sentry duty, etc, too tired, just collapse and go to sleep, after securing all the stuff of course.
[b]Oh that feeling of waking up in the morning... If the night was dry, u slept comfortably... When u wake up, u gotta put on that stinking, WET uniform again... That feeling when u put it on... PRICELESS.b]
Oh interesting tip. With all the cushioning in the helmet these days, did you know it makes a decent pillow? No need to actually strap it down of course. Also, one less thing for the instructors to steal if you are lying in it. -
Mine was memorable...Originally posted by kiddyduck:Wah.. my fieldcamp coming soon liao....
Need more tips to survive and live in field!!
Any tips to make this trip meorable?
Other tips for the OCS hopefuls like me?
Attend C 3 days... -
Bashas are pretty much useless when the rain hits the forest floor. If it doesn't flood, you will still get wet when water leaks through the weathered wax coating.
Even if it does not rain, the dew point around 4am is sure to keep your day-wear number 4 wet for you to put it on. I remember I literally slathered on plenty of the foot powder before wearing the uniform. Since it has a slight smell, it did make field camp smell less bad. Also, instructors couldn't really fault me, since it is a issued item.
Make full use of this chance to do your personal body maintainence, because once you get into your unit, you won't even bother to change out your clothes, even for a 5 day exercise (that's me.) -
Bring more picky heat powder and SAF powder.....Picky heat is to prevent you getting heat rashes and SAF powder prevent you from foot rot....Be very careful with foot rot once contact with it it just like long term illness my buddy after two yrs still having foot rot....... When more lao jiao or posting into unit..can bring can food.....
When outfield all my section mate did not pack the field pack according, we take out alot of stuffs and replace them with can food like tuna, curry chicken,pork cude , bread,100 plus etc.......My S.C even bring out Gui Ling Gao..... -
My friend went thru JCC (21 days if i am not wrong) without shitting even once.Originally posted by Gordonator:that time the schedule was damn screwed up. field camp starts on saturday, weekend burnt. 7 days later come back on friday afternoon book out, sunday book in, monday starts 3 days SIT test. 
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Oh yeah .... if you have to shit outfield and ran out of toilet paper ...
PLEASE be careful about the kind of leaves you wipe your ass with hor .....
I caught a painful rash all around my asshole once ........
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change your UNDERWEAR and SOCKS every night. don't care if you don't want to change your long 4s or whatever, but these areas are important so change to dry ones at night when they ask you to powder bath. remember to POWDER THEM too. well don't worry they'll ask you to powder yourself with prickly heat so its ok. but remember these two are important. (don't over powder ok cause i did it once and i almost died from 'freezing'
) trust me, foot rot and crotch rot is NOT nice..
drink lots of water while on march.
during a company file formation, try not to get the laaaaast man (but no choice in this cause it's usually plt 1, 2, 3 & 4 and in that their individual sections) cause you'd have to kneel while waiting for your turn and that sucks. i was the company's last platoon, last section, last bed.
at reclaimed land campsite(the one near SIT test site), you better make sure you put alot of insect repellent (put on your 4s not on skin cause it's been known to burn.) put at the collars, button areas, sleeves, SBO even. don't be like me, put on my cuffs (the wrist area of my 4s) then next morning forgot i put it there, wipe my whole face with it (cause that's what you do when you want to remove/apply camo) then the next thing i knew, my forehead and eyes were burning. nice. don't think other camp sites have that bad a case of the mozzies but reclaimed land's got SOF mozzies i tell you. they bite EVERYWHERE. from legs to hands to face to groin. so enjoy.
if you want to throw your rations to lighten your load, don't get caught. period.
load your SBO with biscuits from the accessory pack (your commanders will tell you to do this anyway) so that you can eat during lessons. i tell you you'll be shagged so people will tend to sleep, so to play it safe load the biscuits. Standard Biscuit Order / Full Biscuit Order.
your movements better be FAST. try not to give sloppy movement, else "whole lot knock it down!"
try to smuggle in a snickers bar. don't get caught. period. disposal is by black tape. (i did NOT say this ok.)
sprinkle prickly heat around your basha to minimise the possibility of a centipede coming in. during my camp, 2 of my friends kena on the same night. one had 2 bites, the other had one big one on the arm.
don't need to take out the black attachment and washer cause the commanders won't take that anymore. it's not a tactical 'advantage' or however you put it, you know what i mean? hell, if you take it out chances are that you are more likely to lose it. mags, dunno about the rest but i put mine in my side pockets. rifle, just sling around body and hug. if you're paranoid, unbutton your 4, put your rifle in between, button over.
go to beach road, get the glow-tapes. put small tapes on everything of yours that's loose. eg, helmet, bottles, powder bottle, rifle maybe, sbo, ET kit..etc.. this will help you find you stuff at night. well, it helped me.
if you want to make life easier, get an extra tent pin so it'll be easier for you to remove the pins which are already stuck in the ground. if you want to leave it outside, you can get one of those silent straws that are lying around and tie it to the extra pin.
just enjoy fieldcamp lah. remember this one won't be as bad as the ones you'll get in command school (or so they say). look at how fast time flies and soon you'll know it's over. the end of field camp (the trip back to coy line) isn't the end yet. you still have to clean your stores etc. it'll be damn hectic i tell you. have fun.
edit: omg didn't know i could ramble so much.. carry on carry on.. -
book out sure must see doctor.Originally posted by Patrik:My friend went thru JCC (21 days if i am not wrong) without shitting even once. -
WOW!!Originally posted by Gordonator:me lah. i hold on to it for 7 days while outfield.
once bookout, straight away go white sand and all come out. 
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AT most once for me is 4 days.Originally posted by Gordonator:me lah. i hold on to it for 7 days while outfield.
once bookout, straight away go white sand and all come out.
School camp (I know la, dun laugh, I haven't army yet. ). 4 days. The day I go home dunno why can pass liao. -
I tahan-ed till my 6th day in BMT Field Camp..
For my 7 days Section Field Camp, didn't shit.. -
If you are driver, can sleep in your vehicle. If you are medic, can sleep in the ambulance....most shiok.
Mosquitoes can be a nuisance...nowadays can you burn mosquito coils? We could during non-tactical camp...I had so many mosquito coils burning all around that my encik said it looked like a bloody smoke screen