All the commanders will receive promotions.Nothing to be excited about.Eventually,MINDEF will tell u it is a freakish incident,let's move on.Sinkees will accept the verdict overwhelmingly.Case closed.
All the commanders will receive promotions.Nothing to be excited about.Eventually,MINDEF will tell u it is a freakish incident,let's move on.Sinkees will accept the verdict overwhelmingly.Case closed.
Despite the accident and politics aside, I still firmly believe in the need for NS. Whatever the case, almost all men in Singapore can wield a rifle effectively. That is something for any aggressor to think about.
"Effectively" is arguable given the number of cross eyed riflemen who can't even hit the target.
Yup, couldn't do worse.He can then posthumously take over the running of the SMRT.
"Effectively" is arguable given the number of cross eyed riflemen who can't even hit the target.
The main gripe I have with NS is the entire regime is still designed as if we are waiting for the next major land war consisting of infantry and tanks slugging out with each other in waves. Nobody seems to take into account what practices really work in a high tech high info conflict.......
When you have an armed forces where promotions are based on scholastic ability, rather than battlefield honours, that's what you get.
They only know what's being taught in the books. Can battle conditions be taught in courses like teaching football via books!
my instructor (ocs failure) was punished for waking up trainees in the middle of the morning (after midnight), falling us in, doing pt, and running round the parade ground, just before a 10km run after dawn. during the run, several got heatstroke and majority failed to beat time. the platoon and company commanders were so mad that they complained to S1, and the instructor had to face the music and got demoted to lance corporal. luckily none of us died. we all just decided to run (jog) at a much slower pace.
Despite the accident and politics aside, I still firmly believe in the need for NS. Whatever the case, almost all men in Singapore can wield a rifle effectively. That is something for any aggressor to think about.
I am sure there are still many able and responsible commanders. But insufferable sadistic commanders who are derelict in their duties cannot be tolerated.
In my trainee days, our OC was SOF. Trainning was hard, tough and realistic. But never once did we feel that our commanders didn't care for us. The sergeants and PS were tough on us but they never ever endangered out lives. Heat injuries were dealt with promptly and seriously.
From CO down to OC, that is where the culture is set.
There must be something wrong with the guardsmen commanders these days. They are not commandos and should not be trainned to those standards. Get that chip off your brown berets. Don't act like wanna be red berets.
What a disgrace to the cheverons. *Pui*
In my ICT, the Armor ABG CO called for artillery when his men were still in the area. Our men were still in action but he just want to make sure that he can win and get Recon 2A. The FSO from artillery was shocked by his decision. In Artillery, the most unforgivable mistake is friendly-fire and yet our formation don't treasure lives.
Do you still believe that there are righteous and good people in army? It's a just selfish environment with cover-ups.
The good ones left, the best Military Police (master sergant), the best air-base officer, the list goes on.
Every man for himself.
Another pointless death. If this was Lee Hsien Loong' son or a white horse, this death would not have occurred. All safety measures would have been observed and rigorously enforced. Ng Eng Hen was being too clever by half when he lent his support to those two officers. It simply emboldened the rest and those down the line with the attitude that they could do as they please under the guise of "realistic" training and that whatever happens, they will be protected by him and be subjected only to token punishments.
This is not "realistic" training. It's stupid training, irresponsibly conducted and poorly supervised. It comports with the culture of callousness, shoddiness and irresponsibility that the incompetent ministerial son of a bitch, Ng Eng Hen, has allowed to breed and fester with his egregious behaviour and attitude towards the unnecessary death of Dominique Lee in the 2012 smoke grenade tragedy.
My message to all the young kids is this. Adopt the "Serve And Fuckoff" attitude. For the sake of your parents and your loved ones, don't try to be gung-ho. Just come out alive and with your limbs intact. Beyond the toy generals, costly weaponry and shrill propaganda, the SAF is a farce and a joke that will not survive beyond 48 hours in a real military conflict. So there's no point playing gung-ho toy soldiers to the toy generals, or to that callous ministerial son of a bitch.
Who is the aggressor? Name this country. Otherwise shut the fuck up.
Fuck you too.
LHL Albino son? Or Hongyi the write letter to CDF one?Another pointless death. If this was Lee Hsien Loong' son or a white horse, this death would not have occurred. All safety measures would have been observed and rigorously enforced. Ng Eng Hen was being too clever by half when he lent his support to those two officers. It simply emboldened the rest and those down the line with the attitude that they could do as they please under the guise of "realistic" training and that whatever happens, they will be protected by him and be subjected only to token punishments.
This is not "realistic" training. It's stupid training, irresponsibly conducted and poorly supervised. It comports with the culture of callousness, shoddiness and irresponsibility that the incompetent ministerial son of a bitch, Ng Eng Hen, has allowed to breed and fester with his egregious behaviour and attitude towards the unnecessary death of Dominique Lee in the 2012 smoke grenade tragedy.
My message to all the young kids is this. Adopt the "Serve And Fuckoff" attitude. For the sake of your parents and your loved ones, don't try to be gung-ho. Just come out alive and with your limbs intact. Beyond the toy generals, costly weaponry and shrill propaganda, the SAF is a farce and a joke that will not survive beyond 48 hours in a real military conflict. So there's no point playing gung-ho toy soldiers to the toy generals, or to that callous ministerial son of a bitch.