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Chitchat Where to find this kind of woman officer in the SAF?

greedy and cunning

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why female soldier must have boobs meh?
they have they have
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what country?
the rifles look like those from the SAF?
Those are Ukrainian hottie soldiers with the licensed made version of the Israeli TAR-21, which is what a SAR-21 was cloned from. Their version is made by RPC Fort and called Fort 221. Looks like Stuffycunt finally got her shit together and actually posted a picture with female soldiers in it.
 

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Those are Ukrainian hottie soldiers with the licensed made version of the Israeli TAR-21, which is what a SAR-21 was cloned from. Their version is made by RPC Fort and called Fort 221. Looks like Stuffycunt finally got her shit together and actually posted a picture with female soldiers in it.

fuck your mother.
 

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From ST.com

Mindef clarifies its publicity efforts following debate on objectification of women in uniform

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SINGAPORE - Glamorous shots of military personnel do not dilute their contributions to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday (Aug 18), after the issue of objectification of women in uniform was cast in the spotlight.
The matter was highlighted online after two Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicewomen spoke out against it on Aug 15.
Military Expert 1 Gorgina Choo and Captain Sengie Chong, both from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), said more attention should be given to their military achievements than their looks.

The debate comes after ME1 Choo was featured during the National Day Parade on Aug 9 and had comments made about her appearance on the fuckwarezone online forum.
A post on the Alvinology blog also had a poll asking readers to rate five female servicemen on their attractiveness, including ME1 Choo and Capt Chong.
Online media outfit Rice Media then published an opinion piece on Aug 15. It criticised the SAF for using the "cheap hiring tactic" of putting attractive young servicewomen on display.

In response to Straits Times queries on this, Mindef said it regularly features its servicemen and servicewomen across various platforms and channels.
These pictorials may include glamorous shots of them in their civilian attire, taken with the approval of those featured, it said.
"This is standard commercial practice used by many organisations to highlight individuals in their multifaceted roles and attributes and in no way dilutes their contributions in the SAF," added Mindef.

In the online opinion article titled "Does the SAF Only Hire Attractive Women?", Rice Media described how the television broadcast of the National Day Parade zoomed in on ME1 Choo. She was one of the personnel in the RSAF Guard-Of-Honour contingent who spoke with President Halimah Yacob during the parade inspection.
"The SAF... regularly parades these attractive young women in front of thirsty male citizens in order to get them to sign on with the army," said the article.
"Seeing as most high-ranking military personnel are male, it wouldn't surprise me if it is these men who make the decision to put the servicewomen on display. That is without a doubt, quintessential male chauvinism."

The article has got more than 200 likes and more than 500 shares since it was posted on Facebook on Wednesday (Aug 15).
ME1 Choo and Capt Chong responded to the online article on the same day, saying more focus should instead be placed on what female personnel have achieved in the military.
Capt Chong's criticism, which she made on her then public Instagram account, extended to her feature on the monthly, SAF-published Pioneer magazine in April 2015, saying the way the Pioneer article was phrased was selective and superficial.

"Good looking - okay, I'll thank my mother for my genes, but really? Can these articles focus on something else like our military achievements instead of how we look good in front of the camera?" she wrote on Instagram Stories.
Although Pioneer magazine's back page - which started in 2009 - features mostly women, men and couples have also been interviewed before.
Capt Chong wrote: "We should nurture and strive for a culture where we are recognised for our potential and ability, not because we look better as a flower vase."

She added: "If (the) SAF really wants to use a pretty face to recruit people, then we should be getting paid for that. We girls definitely do not want to be your hot topic or make the headlines on gossip columns, or at least I'm speaking for myself."
ME1 Choo shared Capt Chong's post on her Instagram Stories, adding: "If (all of you) are following me because I inspired you one way or another, I thank you with all my heart but please stop objectifying women.
"Be it female officers, (specialists) or military experts, we are all here for the same objective, to serve the nation with our best capacity."

A check on Friday found that ME1 Choo's Instagram account can no longer be publicly searched for, while Capt Chong's account is now private.
Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng said of the matter: "For any organisation's publicity efforts, they would definitely look for people who are pleasant-looking as one of the key factors, because that generally appeals to readers."
Those who agree to be featured are also likely to be confident of themselves, or might have even volunteered for it, said Mr Baey, who was formerly managing director of public relations firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

"So, it's a confluence of various factors, which might lead to what we think are certain stereotypes of faces or looks being featured. However, beauty is after all in the eyes of the beholder," he said, adding that a poster boy or girl can only do so much to attract attention or employees.
"One needs an appreciative employer, conductive working environment, good career prospects and fulfilling work to have a sustainable human resource practice."
Netizen Rykiel Rachael Ella wrote on Facebook that she agreed with the Rice Media article, adding: "Goodness knows the amount of derogatory comments women have to put up (with) in male dominant jobs."

But not all netizens were convinced that the issue was controversial.
Another Facebook user Jun Wei wrote: "It's almost as if attractive people...attract...attention."
 

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From channelnewsasia.com

'Not easy at all': Tackling the first NS boot camp for women

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SINGAPORE: The minute a bloody tear ripped across my finger, I knew I had overestimated my abilities.
After all, the instructors at the low rope station in the standard obstacle course (SOC) demonstrated the exercise quite effortlessly, without the protection of gloves as they are usually trained to do.
So I jumped up, grabbed the rope and attempted to loop the end of it around my feet to create a step - and failed miserably.

It was a spectacular mess.
But if the grunts around me were anything to go by, I wasn’t the only one lying in a crumpled heap.
"Most of us struggled with the low rope too, we couldn’t pull ourselves up!" 13-year-old Athi Ramesh Athira piped afterwards. The student may be the camp’s youngest participant, but she already has her sights on becoming a regular in the army.

Athi was one of 103 participants bunking in at Maju Camp for the inaugural Women’s Boot Camp over the weekend.
We attempted the SOC station-by-station, wearing just a helmet. But during actual training, recruits typically carry about 10kg to 15kg of weight. This is a combination of a helmet, an SAR 21 (assault rifle) and a load-bearing vest.
The camp, which is an initiative by the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (ACCORD) and organised by Ang Mo Kio Women’s Executive Committee (WEC), was a scaled-down version of the actual National Service experience.

More than 1,000 applicants had registered, but only a handful were selected. And out of the 103, 42 per cent of the participants were between 13 and 24 years old, while 9 per cent were above 50.
The diversity meant that the activities had to be carefully calibrated to cater to various age groups.
Still, it offered us a newfound appreciation of what soldiers go through.

We were introduced to a buffet of culinary options - in the form of combat rations. On the menu were entrees like Hong Kong chicken noodles and Mexican cheese fried rice, as well as desserts like longan red bean and barley corn soup.
But no matter how fancy the names were, they couldn’t mask the unappetising paste-like appearance of the rations.
Some like the Mexican cheese fried rice were a tad too salty, but I was pleasantly surprised by the desserts, which were actually palatable.
Sustenance is key though, and soldiers depend on such ration packs whenever they go for outfield missions. A meal pack can provide up to 1,000 calories.

While a certain level of health and fitness surely enables one to thrive in the army, it has to complement technical finesse.
Take handling the SAR 21 as an example.
“First you take out the magazine, then you have to insert the round; make sure the sharp point faces away from you. Now slam it back in and make sure the safety catch is on,” the instructor barked, took one look at our puzzled faces and repeated the steps at a slower pace.

We tried different firing postures and practised loading the rifle several times. While a few managed to complete the process expertly, most of us bungled up the steps.
This was my first time handling a rifle, and frankly, just going through the brief introduction was a rather intimidating experience.
But no amount of preparation could simulate the real deal.
When we traipsed out onto the grounds for the SAR 21 firing exercise, the unmistakable whiff of gunpowder was in the air.
For about an hour, the relative peace at Maju Camp was interrupted by a series of loud cracks and bright flashes as shots rang out in rapid succession.
The rifles, when fitted with a laser and loaded with rounds, can weigh up to 4.5kg.
Now imagine having all that weight slamming into your shoulder, and going temporarily deaf from the sharp crack of the shot at the same time.
It was both thrilling and mortifying. And of course, I missed all my targets.

Other first-time shooters echoed the same sentiment.
"Before handling the weapon, I thought that it was not that heavy. But it's about 4kg! I can carry a rice bag that is 4kg, but not something like this. So it's quite difficult to bring the rifle up, hold it there and focus on your target. After going through this, I find that this is not easy at all,” said Mdm Patsy Chong.
Though the 61-year-old is one of the oldest participants in the camp, she had no qualms about attempting every activity - down to even trying her hand at the firemen lift, during a session on Casualty Evacuation.
The freelance teacher has three sons, one of whom just completed his NS and encouraged her to go for the camp.
“They don’t talk much about their time in army,” she admitted, hoping that this camp would provide some insight to what her sons go through.

Like Mdm Chong, many of the women present had relatives in the service, and safety was a perennial concern.
This issue was raised several times during the Focus Group Discussion on the first evening, which Senior Minister of State for Defence Dr Maliki Osman attended with Ang Mo Kio’s WEC chairman Ms Joanna Portilla.
“As the mothers, the wives of NS men, they wonder about the safety measures put in place when the boys go through the training. So through this experience, they realise that there are safety measures. And it's repeatedly impressed upon the men that they must adhere to,” Ms Portilla said.

This means that every activity comes with its own set of safety protocols, such as warm-up and cool-down exercises, a water parade as well as a mandatory declaration of medical issues.
On one occasion, instructors even whipped out thermometers to check participants’ temperatures.

In fact, safety was also a reason we were only allowed to try nine out of 12 SOC stations, as none of us had combat boots, which can provide proper support on the balancing bridge and the apex ladder.
For now, organisers have not confirmed if the event will make a comeback, but they will explore the possibility of doing so after studying the post-event survey.
Sure, the activities aren’t on the same intensity as an actual NS experience and nobody was gunning for a marksmanship badge or aiming to be the best recruit.
But the brief event cracked open the hinges of a usually closed door, and offered a chance for mothers, daughters, spouses and friends to connect better with those who serve.
 
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