Entering a Recruit's Life : The Recent Passage
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Since i got nothing better to do until 10pm.. better do a write up for future recruits
On the first day, there u are, at Pasir Ris Mrt Interchange, with that green piece of paper whereby marks your passage to BMTC. You board the TIBS "Pulau Tekong" bus and prayed for a slower ten minutes to SFT (SAF Ferry Terminal). There, RPs greet you with their m16s1 high port and usher you to a makeshift reception table with some admin clerks in smart 4s. You show them your IC and they will then strike your name off the nominal row.
With your civilian bag on hand, you wait nervously for the fastcraft to come. You touch your dyed hair frivolously, knowing they will become nothing more than a shaved rambutan in a few hour's time.
"Enlistees! Please board the Fastcraft!"
The PA system made its call. One by one, these people will be like you irregardless of their status in the civilian world. You board the unaptly-named Penguin Tekong with your bag on tow. Another 15 minutes before the TFT (Tekong Ferry Terminal) is in sight. Orange high-rise apartments greet you breaking from the horizon of the island. Rustic bridges and rust-caked cannons appeared nearer as the ferry anchored itself on the pier.
You are again ushered to the guardroom and make your way to the HQ infantry admin area whereas your parents and loved ones are brought to somewhere else. The admin area is where your civilian ends stops abruptly for the next 2 or 2 1/2 years. You exchange your pink ic for the SAF IC aka 11B. You also received your tag, a SAF "goodie" bag and your parents visiting day ticket. Your weight and height is taken by the CPLs there and ordered you to sit at another area where you are supposed to sing the National Anthem. I tried with the rest and i failed with them. The SSM or RSM , 2WO Raymond fu[/i]cked up inside out and asked us to keep repeating until he is satisfied. i thought to myself what a dumfu[/i]ck he could be but he was the one who helped this particular batch during passing out. Ha!
Anyway, once we are done by his sadistic and bastardic deeds (in a nice way) we are asked to go the auditorium to take our oath taking ceremony witnessed by our parents and the then-co BMTC Sch 1 LTC Lee Meng Kiew (who was replaced by the new CO, LTC David Lim only a month ago).
Ahhh..Here comes recruit life as we watched "My First 100 days in Army".
Ding Dong... I will be facing...
M16s1s
BIC
IFC
Field Camps
Situational Tests
Route Marches
BAC
BCCT
Range
Grenade
IPPT
NoooO!!!!
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Wwwoooooooooooooo........
Finally ......its all over for after 16weeks.....
Hmm...wondering where i will be posted to....
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After the oath taking ceremony, you are brought to your company to take your duffel bag! OMG! These duffel bags weigh a ton! After all, they consist your number4s (5 sets), army boots (2 sets...i received the old military boots instead of the goretex ones
), your PT shoes, admin and pt kits. With your duffel and civilian bag on both hands, you could feel your arms are dislocating as you jerk and shuffle to be comfortable. Imagine! i was in platoon 4 and thats 5 storeys high! There was a lift but no recruits can use it. So with all my might, i carried up high and managed to ascend to my bunk to put my stuff... Ahhhh...
To be continued -
ur PTP? Me 2! Sch 1?Originally posted by Transmission:Wwwoooooooooooooo........
Finally ......its all over for after 16weeks.....
Hmm...wondering where i will be posted to.... -
where got field camps and situational testsOriginally posted by Master -_-:M16s1s
BIC
IFC
Field Camps
Situational Tests
Route Marches
BAC
BCCT
Range
Grenade
IPPT
NoooO!!!!
only 1 field camp and 1 sit test. kaoz.
total only chiong sua 2 times sia. -
pengz.. i say in generic la! u so clever..make a write up laOriginally posted by jeramy:where got field camps and situational tests
only 1 field camp and 1 sit test. kaoz.
total only chiong sua 2 times sia.
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yup...me ptp leh ..haha...Originally posted by Master -_-:ur PTP? Me 2! Sch 1?
me sch 2 ..."Oero" company ..
hehe..u leh ? -
haha Orion ah? I know ur OC leh.. my soccer friendOriginally posted by Transmission:yup...me ptp leh ..haha...
me sch 2 ..."Oero" company ..
hehe..u leh ?
I am from "Jagung" company -
haha..
Oc ah ...that guy ah .....
hmm.................hmmm.........
no comments .....
hehe
u from jagung coy ah ...what platoon ?
me gota fren there in ...platoon 3 or 4 i think -
i almost tot i saw "oreo" company.Originally posted by Transmission:yup...me ptp leh ..haha...
me sch 2 ..."Oero" company ..
hehe..u leh ? -
great! thanks! wondering if i shud make this sticky too.Originally posted by Master -_-:After the oath taking ceremony, you are brought to your company to take your duffel bag! OMG! These duffel bags weigh a ton! After all, they consist your number4s (5 sets), army boots (2 sets...i received the old military boots instead of the goretex ones ), your PT shoes, admin and pt kits. With your duffel and civilian bag on both hands, you could feel your arms are dislocating as you jerk and shuffle to be comfortable. Imagine! i was in platoon 4 and thats 5 storeys high! There was a lift but no recruits can use it. So with all my might, i carried up high and managed to ascend to my bunk to put my stuff... Ahhhh...
To be continued
continue leh! -
master....you can become the next PIONEER editor thanks sia
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Army is so sad, common guys I cannot understand if u are olreadi in it, why still wanna tok abt it outside? And if u are ORDed, why still linger onit ??? MOVE on man !!!
THere are more things to do see and feel .......
So ... anyone wanna tell us about their ghostly army encouters? -
if like tt y u still wanna ask abt ghostly ARMY encounters?Originally posted by stoner:Army is so sad, common guys I cannot understand if u are olreadi in it, why still wanna tok abt it outside? And if u are ORDed, why still linger onit ??? MOVE on man !!!
THere are more things to do see and feel .......
So ... anyone wanna tell us about their ghostly army encouters? 
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hey hey, asking ah, after around how long then you get to touch guns during BMT? and is it smart to learn how to take apart and put back the M16(both a1 and a2) from theory?
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ORD loh
but seriously miss my army days -
u start learning m16 rather earli. dun worry. and no theres no point learning stripping and assembling in theory first for obvious reasons - tt is an activity and not a theory to be memorised.Originally posted by snk86:hey hey, asking ah, after around how long then you get to touch guns during BMT? and is it smart to learn how to take apart and put back the M16(both a1 and a2) from theory? -
ever thought of signing on?Originally posted by laurence82:ORD loh
but seriously miss my army days -
Signing on? OMG
Maybe, used to have that thoughts, but now no more, coz the world is out there for me to explore and exploit muahaha -
but u miss army life? ok.. i guess some ppl get so used to the structure and discipline they feel lost when they leave it, like myself to a certain extentOriginally posted by laurence82:Signing on? OMG
Maybe, used to have that thoughts, but now no more, coz the world is out there for me to explore and exploit muahaha -
hm.. jus now saw a recruit outside, in long 4, wif no head-dress and worse still lighting up a cigarette as he was walking!
realli feel like going up to him and give him a piece of my mind.
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then should i try to learn it when i vitsit thailand early next year? i know range there got everything one........Originally posted by wuming78:u start learning m16 rather earli. dun worry. and no theres no point learning stripping and assembling in theory first for obvious reasons - tt is an activity and not a theory to be memorised. -
?? y u so ganjiong? its not going to put u in any advantageous position. and its going to save u tt little bit of time only cos its ez to learn.Originally posted by snk86:then should i try to learn it when i vitsit thailand early next year? i know range there got everything one........ -
yah, give him a piece of laurence's mind too
soldier liao, behave like chao ah beng
i believe i ndiscipline hehe -
i think i would haf done so if i was still in uniform.Originally posted by laurence82:yah, give him a piece of laurence's mind too
soldier liao, behave like chao ah beng
i believe i ndiscipline hehe