u must be around the time when Lt-Col Lee was the CO of 46SAR. Heard from old birds that 46SAR was BRC but was converted to 46SAR so that Lee can be a battlion commander, his stint was less than a year and the primary aim seems to be for the convoy commander for the NDP. Due to 46SAR previously life as a BRC, the battlion was trained as the eyes of the whichever Brigade it belong to, in other word, canon fodder. First to go, not expected to come back. During NSF days, many trainings always end with fighting to the last man.
[COLOR="_______"]Actually, Hsien Yang is a nice guy, until he married that bitch wife of his. But the problem was that no one there dare to tekan him, and push him hard, and always treated him with kids gloves. As a result, his training was not really up to the same standard as the rest of us. I got so many storis of his SOA days, its still bring a smile to my face when I think about it. But he knows that, he was already being groomed for MINDEF position, and a political career like Gay Loong. He really resisted, he did not want to give up his CO position. But he was at 46 for I think just over a year. 46 was not created for him. 46 was created to try a new armour battle formation. I think it was needed. The structure of pure tank units and mostly AI units was not optimal. [/COLOR]
As for Indians, i dunno about 40 & 41 SAR, but there very little indians in the NS for 42 & 46 SAR during my NSF days in the late 90s. Most indian i seen belong to HQ company either as B vehicles drivers or CQ and a couple as arms techs. As for brigade HQ, never been there as a lowly AI trooper.
[COLOR="_______"]Typical of SAF to screw it up. If you ever seen the glass case of the original camels, and ask about their composition, you will find out there were Eurasians, Chinese, and Indians in that original batch. In fact, in my opinion, Malays should have been allowed into armour. They are good drivers and like to be around vehicles. They would have made good tank drivers. [/COLOR]
And now as a reservist, Trainers who are regular are also mostly chinese. In fact, only see 3 indians WO in my 9 ICT cycles. As the ATC had shift to the new barracks nearer to the main gate, life general are better during reservist. The best rank are corporal and below, no more ordering from higher ranks, even the regulars plus NSF trainers had to talk nicely to us.