Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XLV!
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*me peeks inside*
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fudgie, no offence but somehow i find this guy in the poster that looks like you at least imo.
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* Calls 999 to report a voyeur on the loose *Originally posted by fudgester:*me peeks inside* -
Eh hello...... you see the tree over there?Originally posted by stellazio:fudgie, no offence but somehow i find this guy in the poster that looks like you at least imo.
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err i mean seriously, do you think the guy in that poster resembles you abit or vice versa?Originally posted by fudgester:Eh hello...... you see the tree over there? -
Not by a long shot.Originally posted by stellazio:err i mean seriously, do you think the guy in that poster resembles you abit or vice versa? -
yes i don't mean the colour of the beret or the rank or the gun he's holding.Originally posted by fudgester:Not by a long shot.
i mean the face. -
Like I said....Originally posted by stellazio:yes i don't mean the colour of the beret or the rank or the gun he's holding.
i mean the face.
.... not by a long shot. -
okok, maybe i remembered ur face wrongly.Originally posted by fudgester:Like I said....
.... not by a long shot. 
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Combat medics wear the beret of the formation that they serve.Originally posted by stellazio:okok, maybe i remembered ur face wrongly.
btw, as a combat medic what colour was ur beret?
Since I was in an infantry battalion, I wore the green beret.
Likewise, if you're an Armour medic, your beret is black, if you're in Guards, yours beret is khaki (provided you go for Guards Conversion Course first), etc, etc....
Otherwise, if you remain in the medical formation, you wear the blue beret. -
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btw i heard from my sergeants that if u took nursing etc in poly u have a high chance to become medics?Originally posted by fudgester:Combat medics wear the beret of the formation that they serve.
Since I was in an infantry battalion, I wore the green beret.
Likewise, if you're an Armour medic, your beret is black, if you're in Guards, yours beret is khaki (provided you go for Guards Conversion Course first), etc, etc....
Otherwise, if you remain in the medical formation, you wear the blue beret.
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You may have a higher chance of being a medic if you have a nursing background.... I personally knew three people in my platoon during my medical training who took nursing in poly.Originally posted by stellazio:btw i heard from my sergeants that if u took nursing etc in poly u have a high chance to become medics?
and why are there medics and combat medics?
Medics can be subdivided into two categories: combat medics and service medics.
Combat medics go into battle with the grunts. On top of your normal equipment you have to carry a stretcher and medical pouch with you. That's an extra 8kg++ of load which you have to handle. Your SBO attire is pretty much the normal soldier's FBO attire.
Service medics are those who man the medical centers and do not go into battle. -
woah, then why do ppl always look down on medics man.. they carry even more things then a normal rifleman.Originally posted by fudgester:You may have a higher chance of being a medic if you have a nursing background.... I personally knew three people in my platoon during my medical training who took nursing in poly.
Medics can be subdivided into two categories: combat medics and service medics.
Combat medics go into battle with the grunts. On top of your normal equipment you have to carry a stretcher and medical pouch with you. That's an extra 8kg++ of load which you have to handle. Your SBO attire is pretty much the normal soldier's FBO attire.
Service medics are those who man the medical centers and do not go into battle.
eh so i assume service medics are ppl who are usually pes c unfit for combat?
and their courses are similar?
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Today SMRT 20th birthday
But no one is celebrating with today's service standard -
Simple.... during BMT, you run your SOC or your 2.4km runs with your PS screaming his lungs out at you, and you see the medic sitting lazily in one corner SMS-ing his girlfriend. And that image sticks with you for the rest of your life.Originally posted by stellazio:woah, then why do ppl always look down on medics man.. they carry even more things then a normal rifleman.
It still stuck with most of those Bengs and Mats when I got tossed into a mono-intake unit after my medic course. Heck, it didn't matter that I personally helped lots of people who got injured and wounded in the course of training.... it didn't matter that I've literally intervene to save lives on some occasions.
Never mind that I did my best to get along with them. To those numbskulls, I was still the 'slack A Level scholar medic' who deserved to be treated with the utmost contempt. -
so service medics are unfit for combat type?
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those service only normally i think. but the outfield medics would be doing the same things as service medics on normal non-ooutfield days. so can't differentiate that easily.........Originally posted by stellazio:so service medics are unfit for combat type? -
back from the fish head steam boat outing...
sorry to have everyone wait for me...
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hey.. it's okay..
should say sorry that we ate that much before you arrive
Originally posted by bluejuice:back from the fish head steam boat outing...
sorry to have everyone wait for me... -
actually i thought u all haven't really started since the table was quite clean!Originally posted by the Bear:hey.. it's okay..
should say sorry that we ate that much before you arrive
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they waited for u before starting?Originally posted by bluejuice:back from the fish head steam boat outing...
sorry to have everyone wait for me... -
Day off, yippee!
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they waited for me before getting the actual fish head steamboat plus other dishes..Originally posted by stellazio:they waited for u before starting? 
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it's a public holiday here too.. thursday that is..
Diwali or Deepavali here in Singapore
i just realised there's football to be watched later.. may stay up for itOriginally posted by jetta:Day off, yippee!