Guards / Commandos / Rangers / NDU FAQ

• carzygoul

  25 Jan 09, 00:12

  Originally posted by RedHood:

  Well, having personally gone through the cdo VA test..I can say that I felt inspired the moment I stepped in.

  
  After the simple fitness test, you'll come face to face with usually the manpower head..and you can sound off your health worries to him. He will be a reasonable person..

   

  But having said that, 90% of the people in Cdos never regretted saying Yes to be part of the red family =) It'll run in you the moment you enter, and leave you on your deathbed

  For Honour And Glory! =)

  hey man.. what did u exactly did at VA and how long did everything took...

• kajagugu

  27 Jan 09, 21:24

  jimmy89: the pressure chamber is to test whether your body can handle the water pressure that comes with diving. I never went thru that, nor am i a diver, but from the name, can roughly guess :)

  carzygoul: i went for mine in 2004, not sure about the content now, but mine took the whole afternoon back then.

  general advice: just take it easy for the test, dun have to be number 1 for every segment/test, nor do you have to worry that you are not very fit, fitness can be trained :)

• nullifi3d

  28 Jan 09, 21:22

  740guards ICT in june. sian. 

• carzygoul

  29 Jan 09, 00:35

  i heard that when commandos jump parachute during NSF days also will get $$ for each jump... is it true?? and how much would it be if it's true...

• sand king

  30 Jan 09, 06:40

  Originally posted by kenshin9000:

  30th jan... hahaha

  same man... im leaving soon... Hendon?

• Gedanken

  30 Jan 09, 11:06

  Originally posted by carzygoul:

  i heard that when commandos jump parachute during NSF days also will get $$ for each jump... is it true?? and how much would it be if it's true...

  During my time it was $75 per jump, but you only get paid on every fourth jump.

• sand king

  30 Jan 09, 16:45

  I was in Detail 4 haha
  
  Hopping to get into Commando!

• carzygoul

  30 Jan 09, 20:09

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  During my time it was $75 per jump, but you only get paid on every fourth jump.

  oh man $75 per jump... thats so freaking low....

• Gedanken

  30 Jan 09, 20:50

  Hey, that was in 1991.  It must have gone up by now.

• carzygoul

  30 Jan 09, 21:03

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Hey, that was in 1991.  It must have gone up by now.

  haha ok alrighty...

• sand king

  4 Feb 09, 01:43

  ooo... just got accepted into Higher Nitec... what a waste of time that VA was.
  I doubt in 2 years time they will pick me for Commandos... sian.

• jus-tea

  9 Feb 09, 22:09

  Hey everyone. Does anyone know when are the commando intakes? heard there are 2? which mth are they?=) thanks

• Pitot

  11 Feb 09, 22:47

  done the NDU VA.

   

  very fun. go enjoy urselves.

• jimmy89

  12 Feb 09, 17:51

  Cld you describe what you did for the VA, and like what did they ask during the interview?

• Pitot

  13 Feb 09, 12:42

  Are you going for the VA at NDU?

   

  the schedule may differ but basically u do a barrage of pyscho and personality tests around 3 to 4 hour

  then ur medical which consists of a visit to the MO, a few tests (yes they will take ur blood, i got pricked on both arms) and then a sit in the hyperbaric chamber for simulated dive test to see if u can clear the pressure.

  then physical for chin up and SBJ and 25 m swim to gauge ur swimming technique.

   

  Interview nothing much, they ask about ur uniform grp history, fitness and also anything u want to know about the unit and if u are interested.

   

   

  Its an eye opener, u get to see things u prolly wont ever see again in ur life unless u enter NDU.

   

  fun la trust me.

   

  oh and lunch and dinner provided.

  if everything goes well, it should take around 12 hours.

• carzygoul

  14 Feb 09, 00:25

  wee... done with CDO VA... quite fun... was any1 there today, 13 feb?

• jimmy89

  15 Feb 09, 00:12

  Whats asked during the psycho test?

• carzygoul

  15 Feb 09, 02:55

  Originally posted by jimmy89:

  Whats asked during the psycho test?

  u mean psychomotor test or the interview?

• jimmy89

  15 Feb 09, 10:26

  No, the NDU one

• carzygoul

  15 Feb 09, 15:57

  Originally posted by jimmy89:

  No, the NDU one

  haha i went for the commando's VA... not the NDU's one..

• Pitot

  15 Feb 09, 19:06

  hundreds of questions ranging from personality test to matrixes which equates to lots of shading on otas sheets.

   

  dont worry, the questions dont need to use brain one. dont even need rough paper.

• carzygoul

  15 Feb 09, 21:25

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  hundreds of questions ranging from personality test to matrixes which equates to lots of shading on otas sheets.

   

  dont worry, the questions dont need to use brain one. dont even need rough paper.

  haha yeah commando's IQ test like damn easy also..

• Pitot

  15 Feb 09, 22:43

  when u go for the VA its like a 50% chance of getting in,

  if you clear ur medical etc its almost like 90%

   

  and if u satisfy all of the above and state that you are highly interested in entering, its like as good as welcome to the unit already.

   

  however there are people who indicate that they are not interested at all but cleared the medical, still go in.

   

   

• carzygoul

  16 Feb 09, 00:19

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  when u go for the VA its like a 50% chance of getting in,

  if you clear ur medical etc its almost like 90%

   

  and if u satisfy all of the above and state that you are highly interested in entering, its like as good as welcome to the unit already.

   

  however there are people who indicate that they are not interested at all but cleared the medical, still go in.

   

   

  haha sure boh... i cleared everything for medical... got highly recommended for the medical... and i showed interest in joining at the interview..

• Pitot

  16 Feb 09, 00:20

  Originally posted by carzygoul:

  haha sure boh... i cleared everything for medical... got highly recommended for the medical... and i showed interest in joining at the interview..

  welcome