Sign On: Worth It? Wise? Outside No Good Job Prospect? How?
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All regulars and ex regulars, share your sign on experience.
why you sign on.
why you decide to leave or continue signing on.
did you regret signing on.
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My 2nd sergeant a regular and sorta regretted joining lol
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its getting pretty f*cked up because of the amount of guniang NSFs nowadays.
its like every batch they churn out turn out to be worst than the batch before.
especially those online here right now who are filling up the SAF forum with their stupid fears and questions about their posting orders.
what the f*ck happened to just going to the damn unit and experiencing it.
its like as if a bunch of answers telling u life sux is gonna make life any better. -
well, to be fair to those who just POP-ed there were only a few queries.. not hundreds of them.Originally posted by kopiosatu:its getting pretty f*cked up because of the amount of guniang NSFs nowadays.
its like every batch they churn out turn out to be worst than the batch before.
especially those online here right now who are filling up the SAF forum with their stupid fears and questions about their posting orders.
what the f*ck happened to just going to the damn unit and experiencing it.
its like as if a bunch of answers telling u life sux is gonna make life any better. -
which is enoughOriginally posted by Ristar:well, to be fair to those who just POP-ed there were only a few queries.. not hundreds of them.
every year its the same thing.
every year all asking the same thing.
every year its like they can't just go to their posting and get it over and done with.
i can tell them, your life will be a living hell in that unit. "wow, what a great help! i feel so ready now" -
They are just curious what.Originally posted by kopiosatu:which is enough
every year its the same thing.
every year all asking the same thing.
every year its like they can't just go to their posting and get it over and done with.
i can tell them, your life will be a living hell in that unit. "wow, what a great help! i feel so ready now"
I bet you are just like them when you pop. Its just that you don't want to admit it. -
Why so harsh.Originally posted by kopiosatu:which is enough
every year its the same thing.
every year all asking the same thing.
every year its like they can't just go to their posting and get it over and done with.
i can tell them, your life will be a living hell in that unit. "wow, what a great help! i feel so ready now"
They not like regular draw high pay for doing it and they don't even want to be there in the first place.
Not like they choose where they want to go. People just dump you to a place of course you are worried and curious.
People who sign on should not put the blame on NSF. -
Finding out more information = guniangOriginally posted by kopiosatu:its getting pretty f*cked up because of the amount of guniang NSFs nowadays.
its like every batch they churn out turn out to be worst than the batch before.
especially those online here right now who are filling up the SAF forum with their stupid fears and questions about their posting orders.
what the f*ck happened to just going to the damn unit and experiencing it.
its like as if a bunch of answers telling u life sux is gonna make life any better.
Hmm -
it's like what i have learnt from Many warrants in Ns
You Take Up the Job not for the pay itself, but for the Passion of it.
Sign on, if you are really passionate. If it's for high starting pay, then you have gone the wrong route -
i tot u're not in NS yet?Originally posted by kenn3th:it's like what i have learnt from Many warrants in Ns
You Take Up the Job not for the pay itself, but for the Passion of it.
Sign on, if you are really passionate. If it's for high starting pay, then you have gone the wrong route
but i agree with you signing on for the money is still a very very dumb option. -
Oh well, here's my input.
I'm a regular. I took up the JPSDS scheme. I have just complete BMT and now going to SISPEC.
In BMT, I do recieve quite a number of mocking my by platoon mates, company mates, officers and specialist.
"DAMM IT ... YOUR PAY IS MORE THEN ME !!!! nevermind, I'll make sure you will work hard to make it worth the army paying you". That's what my Sgt always say.
"You chiong or not chiong, you also get the same pay what, why chiong so hard???" this is by my platoon mate.
"Chiong so hard for what, your place in SISPEC is waiting for you!!!" that's by company mate.
of all these mocking, I'll just brush it off as a joke. But no matter what they say, I still love my job. It's the passion that I have. Outfield is my office.
I like my BMT days. Althought many people says command school/unit life sucks big time, but i'll say it's for me to judge and experience, not for others to give comments like " you are such an idiot for signing on the dotted line" for the very fact that they are not me, they don't chose the path for me.
My Sgt(NSF) says that i'll regret my decision. But i'll say "we shall see if i have turn back into a civillian in 5 years tiime" -
1st time I heard someone likes outfield.Originally posted by easy06:Oh well, here's my input.
I'm a regular. I took up the JPSDS scheme. I have just complete BMT and now going to SISPEC.
In BMT, I do recieve quite a number of mocking my by platoon mates, company mates, officers and specialist.
"DAMM IT ... YOUR PAY IS MORE THEN ME !!!! nevermind, I'll make sure you will work hard to make it worth the army paying you". That's what my Sgt always say.
"You chiong or not chiong, you also get the same pay what, why chiong so hard???" this is by my platoon mate.
"Chiong so hard for what, your place in SISPEC is waiting for you!!!" that's by company mate.
of all these mocking, I'll just brush it off as a joke. But no matter what they say, I still love my job. It's the passion that I have. Outfield is my office.
I like my BMT days. Althought many people says command school/unit life sucks big time, but i'll say it's for me to judge and experience, not for others to give comments like " you are such an idiot for signing on the dotted line" for the very fact that they are not me, they don't chose the path for me.
My Sgt(NSF) says that i'll regret my decision. But i'll say "we shall see if i have turn back into a civillian in 5 years tiime"
Seems like you like to eat field rations, sleep outfield etc..You can continue sleeping outfield and eat field rations when you ord and start working in the civilian world.
I think you can save a lot of $ -
not in ns yet, but i know people laOriginally posted by sir sickolot II:i tot u're not in NS yet?
but i agree with you signing on for the money is still a very very dumb option. -
Those posted in NCC or based in Amoy Quee Camp or your relatives/friends?Originally posted by kenn3th:not in ns yet, but i know people la -
don't sign on than what should they do when they have no $? Starve to death or borrow from loan shark?Originally posted by sir sickolot II:i tot u're not in NS yet?
but i agree with you signing on for the money is still a very very dumb option. -
the training part is actually ok just train train n train, its after the training you go unit then there its the office politics that drives ppl crazyOriginally posted by easy06:Oh well, here's my input.
I'm a regular. I took up the JPSDS scheme. I have just complete BMT and now going to SISPEC.
In BMT, I do recieve quite a number of mocking my by platoon mates, company mates, officers and specialist.
"DAMM IT ... YOUR PAY IS MORE THEN ME !!!! nevermind, I'll make sure you will work hard to make it worth the army paying you". That's what my Sgt always say.
"You chiong or not chiong, you also get the same pay what, why chiong so hard???" this is by my platoon mate.
"Chiong so hard for what, your place in SISPEC is waiting for you!!!" that's by company mate.
of all these mocking, I'll just brush it off as a joke. But no matter what they say, I still love my job. It's the passion that I have. Outfield is my office.
I like my BMT days. Althought many people says command school/unit life sucks big time, but i'll say it's for me to judge and experience, not for others to give comments like " you are such an idiot for signing on the dotted line" for the very fact that they are not me, they don't chose the path for me.
My Sgt(NSF) says that i'll regret my decision. But i'll say "we shall see if i have turn back into a civillian in 5 years tiime" -
no i wasn'tOriginally posted by near:They are just curious what.
I bet you are just like them when you pop. Its just that you don't want to admit it.
i can say without a doubt i didn't 'worry' so much -
get used to itOriginally posted by jianfish9:Why so harsh.
They not like regular draw high pay for doing it and they don't even want to be there in the first place.
Not like they choose where they want to go. People just dump you to a place of course you are worried and curious.
People who sign on should not put the blame on NSF. -
preciselyOriginally posted by k2406:Finding out more information = guniang Hmm -
If people choose that path, leave them be. Why get so worked up?Originally posted by near:1st time I heard someone likes outfield.
Seems like you like to eat field rations, sleep outfield etc..You can continue sleeping outfield and eat field rations when you ord and start working in the civilian world.
I think you can save a lot of $ -
It's naturally human to ask.Originally posted by kopiosatu:which is enough
every year its the same thing.
every year all asking the same thing.
every year its like they can't just go to their posting and get it over and done with.
i can tell them, your life will be a living hell in that unit. "wow, what a great help! i feel so ready now"
And that is the first thing I always drilled into my trainees. That they should always gather as much information as they can, if they have doubts, clarify. I detest those who would act smart, think they can confidently carry out a task without questions, because I know they will foul up somewhere.
Knowing the unit you are posted to, and what they do, is beneficial. No one goes into a mission or an EX blindfolded aye? Look on the bright side, a trainee with enough information about his new unit or course, might be able to mentally prepare himself rather than looking like a headless chicken on the first day of in-pro.
Now that would be sibei jialat.
Of course, there has to be a limit to asking. -
asking about the job.Originally posted by LazerLordz:It's naturally human to ask.
And that is the first thing I always drilled into my trainees. That they should always gather as much information as they can, if they have doubts, clarify. I detest those who would act smart, think they can confidently carry out a task without questions, because I know they will foul up somewhere.
Knowing the unit you are posted to, and what they do, is beneficial. No one goes into a mission or an EX blindfolded aye?
Of course, there has to be a limit to asking.
everyone of them are like guniangs who are worried if there is route march, there is this exercise, that exercise.
that is something i can't tolerate.
its the friggin army, what else do u expect? i tell you it is siong or not. doesn't make a difference, you still have to go through it.
but if i tell u about the job that you're gonna do, that is gathering information. -
Originally posted by gorby107:Those posted in NCC or based in Amoy Quee Camp or your relatives/friends? Some are friends and the rest are people i have met
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they should just start drilling into the trainees that hell starts after BMT.
anything lesser, they experience and learn to appreciate it.
anything more, is normal.
i have a bunch of NSFs that i'm already giving them a good life. they sit in the air con room, we work like a dog and sweat like pigs. but because they EXPECT a good life, they come out and keep asking 'can we go home?'
WTF. -
Oh now that's fricking too much.Originally posted by kopiosatu:they should just start drilling into the trainees that hell starts after BMT.
anything lesser, they experience and learn to appreciate it.
anything more, is normal.
i have a bunch of NSFs that i'm already giving them a good life. they sit in the air con room, we work like a dog and sweat like pigs. but because they EXPECT a good life, they come out and keep asking 'can we go home?'
WTF.
IMHO, educate them, tell them , then expect them to work like professionals if they want to be treated as such.