Dear Ms Felicia,
It only take 3 months for Basic Military Training... enough for men to be organized for war.
These men who went through Basic Military Training can be deployed on the fields.
Another 12 months for Operational Duties. Or Specialized Trainings.
NS men paid their blood, sweat, emotion, energy, sometimes life (due to some accidents).
Please do not judge the NS men, and talk cock sing song when you didn't even serve National Service.
NS men, later have to catch up in Universities or Polytechnics, or some even O levels... after their National Service. 15 months is just right...
And later, NS men have 13 year cycles or up to 50 years old if they were Officers.
Each cycle, they have to commit up to 1 month per year... and ensure that they are FIT for operational duties.
So, Ms. Felicia Ng, please do not just talk cock, and think that NS men have a good life while serving national service. Do not be selfish, and only think about yourself.
Come on lah, Singapore Armed Forces is a deterrent force. Nobody really want to go to war. War is so expensive, as proven by USA. It cost lives.
If you read Sun Tze Art of War (Which I highly doubt), it takes 8 civilians to sustain a soldier in times of war... this strains the economy. Besides, the economy consist of Civilian Conscripts, perhaps could be your relatives, your father, your uncle, your neighbors, your boyfriend, your brothers, your classmates...
Can you bear your own male Singaporeans to suffer so much, so that you can relax in Starbucks Coffee, reading from your I Pad?
I say, FUCK YOU! Spare a thought for Male Singaporeans! One day, when you have a son, you will know that it's so difficult to bring up a son to 18 years old, and you know that it's so dangerous to be trained in NS...
Talk to your boyfriends who have served, rather than talking cock, and thinking that this extension of national service, will increase the national security of the nation.
Today, there are technology, and advanced weaponry, exist. It is possible to use Technology, advanced weaponry to replace human forces (which happens to be precious in Singapore).
So, spare a thought for your male Singaporeans who have suffered. And stop talking cock when you know nothing about National Security.