MAJ Esther Tan, Her World's Young Woman Achiever of 2006
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Two consonants and one vowelOriginally posted by d3rF:I will wonder what she will do when she leaves the force when she's 45. Vice principal of a school?..
.. Maybe a VP in-charge of PE.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:Two consonants and one vowel
Its P.A.P.
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Sometimes she forgets she is a woman
MAJOR Tan is the new poster girl for women in the Singapore military.
The petite 1.55m woman is part of the elite Naval Diving Unit, whose job includes bomb disposal and underwater mine clearing.
One of her missions was during the 2003 RSS Courageous collision when she was involved in searching for the missing officers.
But even for a woman, getting emotional on the job is not an option.
'It was part of my job. I have to see it objectively. It was a mission and that is the foremost importance.'
Still, the oldest of three children admitted she does have fears about her work.
'That kind of danger, they are all real, it is a matter of how we approach it. We take all the safety measures and we are prepared for the worst case scenarios,' she said.
Major Tan - who enlisted in 1994 - was the unit's first female diver when she joined it in 2000 and now runs two departments.
But despite being in a male-dominated environment, she said there are no issues about her gender.
'When I am with the troops, sometimes I forget I'm a woman,' she said with a laugh.
Although she always had dreams of joining the men in green, Major Tan claims she was hardly athletic during her school days.
It was only during her Basic Military Training (BMT) that The Nanyang Technological University engineering student started getting into physical training.
And she's never looked back.
She now has over 30 international marathons, triathlons and Ironman races under her slim belt.
She's also training for the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championship, a seven-day endurance race which requires trekking, kayaking, mountain biking, rock-climbing, on very little sleep, through the Scottish highlands in May this year.
And even though her face shone with excitement as she talked about scaling mountains whose total ascent comes to 27,000m (Mount Everest is 8,850m), she revealed she is still afraid of heights.
'The fear is always there. What matters is how you resolve it,' she said. -
Originally posted by Gordonator:
Wonder how her future hubby needs to do while in bed...
[b]Sometimes she forgets she is a woman
MAJOR Tan is the new poster girl for women in the Singapore military.
The petite 1.55m woman is part of the elite Naval Diving Unit, whose job includes bomb disposal and underwater mine clearing.
One of her missions was during the 2003 RSS Courageous collision when she was involved in searching for the missing officers.
But even for a woman, getting emotional on the job is not an option.
'It was part of my job. I have to see it objectively. It was a mission and that is the foremost importance.'
Still, the oldest of three children admitted she does have fears about her work.
'That kind of danger, they are all real, it is a matter of how we approach it. We take all the safety measures and we are prepared for the worst case scenarios,' she said.
Major Tan - who enlisted in 1994 - was the unit's first female diver when she joined it in 2000 and now runs two departments.
But despite being in a male-dominated environment, she said there are no issues about her gender.
'When I am with the troops, sometimes I forget I'm a woman,' she said with a laugh.
Although she always had dreams of joining the men in green, Major Tan claims she was hardly athletic during her school days.
It was only during her Basic Military Training (BMT) that The Nanyang Technological University engineering student started getting into physical training.
And she's never looked back.
She now has over 30 international marathons, triathlons and Ironman races under her slim belt.
She's also training for the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championship, a seven-day endurance race which requires trekking, kayaking, mountain biking, rock-climbing, on very little sleep, through the Scottish highlands in May this year.
And even though her face shone with excitement as she talked about scaling mountains whose total ascent comes to 27,000m (Mount Everest is 8,850m), she revealed she is still afraid of heights.
'The fear is always there. What matters is how you resolve it,' she said.[/b]
"Dive! Dive! Dive! Go deeper!" -
Navy where got general...only RADM leh.Originally posted by charlize:Well I guess she should win the Her World Woman Achiever of the Year next time when she reaches the rank of general. -
RADM is two stars!!!!Originally posted by SpecOps87:Navy where got general...only RADM leh. -
1 star or 2 star are also called RADM.Originally posted by gaoxingdcf:RADM is two stars!!!!
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RADM = Rear Admir(..) ? e or a ?
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huh?Originally posted by KoolKool:RADM = Rear Admir(..) ? e or a ?
rear admiral.