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• eac

  22 Oct 08, 00:19

  Originally posted by Nokia-lover:

  got pre selection round is they ask one or you ownself wna?

  
  basically, cmpb choose the people to go for the selection test from the database of pre-enlistees at random.
  
  u may volunteer to go for the VA selection test at cmpb service counter when u report for ur cmpb pre-enlist medical checkup.

• Nokia-lover

  22 Oct 08, 02:46

  so it all random. abit weird

   

• Gedanken

  22 Oct 08, 07:45

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  I quote one old timer enchik(Education only Primary 6) from SAFTI 'Is you can you is the can'

  Ah, so is that where Dua Chew got his "Can means can lah" from?

• Gedanken

  22 Oct 08, 07:48

  Originally posted by Nokia-lover:

  so it all random. abit weird

  Random ain't the word for it.  Still, it seems to work itself out, probably on the account of the "you can be trained" principle.

• Short Ninja

  22 Oct 08, 08:41

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Ah, so is that where Dua Chew got his "Can means can lah" from?

  Yes,he borrowed a lot from the people who came before him except when he is cursing his trainees in Hokkien>LOL

• Jes boy16

  22 Oct 08, 14:55

  Im posted to commando camp on jan 9 ..so wat will we do there,will we do airborne during bmt..tell me wat is the napha gold criteria??i heard commando must do 20 pull ups...can i smoke there??How many km must i run?

• eac

  22 Oct 08, 14:59

  Originally posted by Jes boy16:

  Im posted to commando camp on jan 9 ..so wat will we do there,will we do airborne during bmt..tell me wat is the napha gold criteria??i heard commando must do 20 pull ups...can i smoke there??How many km must i run?

  
  u will be enlisted for commando BMT.
  
  no airborne course conducted yet, the course is conducted after BMT.
  
  gradual training is the key... e.g.start with 2.4km, then 5, 8, 10, 16, 18, 21...etc.
  
  all camps have smoking corners... the same as the coffeeshop smoking law.

• Jes boy16

  22 Oct 08, 16:47

  10x for your information.. Im not actually worried about the physical training.. but i do have a problem.. Im a bit afraid of airborne,im not scared afraid of the heights but i jut cant take the g-force feeling when u jump.. Like when the roller coaster goes down,u know the king of feeling u have like ur heart is in ur mouth..so how is ur experience bro?

• Rednano

  22 Oct 08, 16:50

  Originally posted by Jes boy16:

  10x for your information.. Im not actually worried about the physical training.. but i do have a problem.. Im a bit afraid of airborne,im not scared afraid of the heights but i jut cant take the g-force feeling when u jump.. Like when the roller coaster goes down,u know the king of feeling u have like ur heart is in ur mouth..so how is ur experience bro?

  
  so far, if not wrong... Gedanken n Short Ninja r ex-commando... find them.

• Gedanken

  22 Oct 08, 18:56

  Originally posted by Jes boy16:

  10x for your information.. Im not actually worried about the physical training.. but i do have a problem.. Im a bit afraid of airborne,im not scared afraid of the heights but i jut cant take the g-force feeling when u jump.. Like when the roller coaster goes down,u know the king of feeling u have like ur heart is in ur mouth..so how is ur experience bro?

  Don't sweat the falling sensation - once you get out the door, the slipstream hits you and you're going to be noticing that a lot more than falling.  Ninja's from the days of back-ramp jumps, but by my time it was all out the side doors and as far as I know that hasn't changed.

• Short Ninja

  23 Oct 08, 07:02

  Originally posted by Jes boy16:

  Im posted to commando camp on jan 9 ..so wat will we do there,will we do airborne during bmt..tell me wat is the napha gold criteria??i heard commando must do 20 pull ups...can i smoke there??How many km must i run?

  
  The only ariborne you gonna do in BMT is when you jump off the truck at the end of the day.A Commando does not have to do 20 pull ups but then again a Commando recruits will be asked to do more than the normal greenhorns.It is going to be one rough ride but if you take it one day at a time you will be OK.

• Nokia-lover

  26 Oct 08, 14:06

  Can a pes B get into all these unit?? 

  cdo,guards or ndu

• Rednano

  26 Oct 08, 14:27

  Originally posted by Nokia-lover:

  Can a pes B get into all these unit?? 

  cdo,guards or ndu

  
  preferrably is pes A lah...

  but pes B also can in these unit...
  some commando trainee even wear specs 1...

• Nokia-lover

  26 Oct 08, 15:08

  okay thanks, 

  is there any SAFO in commados? 

  jus curious.

• Thumb-drive

  26 Oct 08, 15:26

  okay lets say i got into the cdo, i would first go through the cdo bmt. thn next is  Basic Commando Training (BCT) then is the OCS & SISPEC right? so the diff between a soldier & cdo is that a cdo is in army for a longer period of time right?

• Gedanken

  26 Oct 08, 16:24

  Originally posted by Nokia-lover:

  okay thanks, 

  is there any SAFO in commados? 

  jus curious.

  SAFO?

• Gedanken

  26 Oct 08, 16:25

  Originally posted by Thumb-drive:

  okay lets say i got into the cdo, i would first go through the cdo bmt. thn next is  Basic Commando Training (BCT) then is the OCS & SISPEC right? so the diff between a soldier & cdo is that a cdo is in army for a longer period of time right?

  A cdo is not a soldier?

• Thumb-drive

  26 Oct 08, 18:09

  i mean the route of a cdo like after CDO BMT thn wad lar.

• Rednano

  26 Oct 08, 18:21

  Originally posted by Thumb-drive:

  i mean the route of a cdo like after CDO BMT thn wad lar.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces_Commando_Formation#Training

   

• Thumb-drive

  26 Oct 08, 18:40

  i know but when did a cdo goes into OCS /SISPEC

• Nokia-lover

  26 Oct 08, 18:42

  i mean any SAF OVERSEA SCHOLAR in CDO

• cuddles

  26 Oct 08, 19:03

  Originally posted by Jes boy16:

  10x for your information.. Im not actually worried about the physical training.. but i do have a problem.. Im a bit afraid of airborne,im not scared afraid of the heights but i jut cant take the g-force feeling when u jump.. Like when the roller coaster goes down,u know the king of feeling u have like ur heart is in ur mouth..so how is ur experience bro?

  nowadays they use ch-47 for jumps more often for the fact that it's faster to load troopers up and deploy.. freefall time is 5 secs.. so in a way, the hanging feeling is woooo.. but then again, it's fun la.. just go enjoy!

• skythewood

  26 Oct 08, 19:19

  Originally posted by Thumb-drive:

  i know but when did a cdo goes into OCS /SISPEC

  cdo officer go ocs

• Nokia-lover

  26 Oct 08, 20:18

  i never heard of SAFO scholar in CDO anyone know>

• Gedanken

  26 Oct 08, 20:58

  Originally posted by cuddles:

  nowadays they use ch-47 for jumps more often for the fact that it's faster to load troopers up and deploy.. freefall time is 5 secs.. so in a way, the hanging feeling is woooo.. but then again, it's fun la.. just go enjoy!

  47s are after my time - does a stick get out faster than from a Charlie?  How's emplaning faster, since it's also through the back ramp on a Charlie?