Author Topic: I Have Been Called Up (Read 13372 times)

Jeff Vader · **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:14:09 am

Quote from: Snail on April 21, 2011, 08:12:50 am

/has a deferment

You're my hero, man.

newman · **Reply #21 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:16:41 am

I managed to get out of mine. Kept postponing it due to being in college, and then they got rid of the whole compulsory military service thing. I didn't complain

Snail · **Reply #22 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:18:14 am

You get something like a three year jail sentence if you don't serve while being eligible to serve in Singapore, though.

newman · **Reply #23 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:21:51 am

So, you can spend two years rolling in mud and being yelled at by kids who outrank you, or you can spend 3 years in peace and quiet with the government picking up the bill for your accommodation and food.. hmm.. tough one

(before someone starts explaining how wrong I am and how you get anally probed in prisons, I *am* joking here)

Snail · **Reply #24 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:28:07 am

Interesting story I heard about NS (may or may not be true), one guy was able to get away with saying he was "allergic" to sunlight or something. The Drill Sergeant carried an umbrella around for him.

Another guy said he gets panic attacks around firearms and was exempted from a fair number of training exercises. So instead he went home and played CoD.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #25 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:43:46 am

WATCH OUT while on station

keep your head down through basic and use the month to GET FITTER as well as getting your stuff in order. IE Jogging, Press ups, Sits ups. Best advice i can give you is to try doing 5-10 every day and increase the number as you go along.

It WILL make life easier. Also Shouting is not personal, the beatings will continue until morale improves, and quitters never win, winners never quit.

Mika · **Reply #26 on:** April 21, 2011, 02:29:15 pm

In the hindsight my army service had its bad moments, but the outcome is actually rather positive. It was the best school that really prepares for life that I have so far attended. I only realized this years later, though. So it's not that bad, and unless you have a physical handicap, you can get through it. Trust me, time goes fast there.

Originally everybody thought that the riflemen have it worst (even in peace time), but based on what I heard from other branches of service, being a rifleman was actually the most interesting choice (again, in peace time). Plenty of variety there. But this applies for Defence Forces here, I don't know the system in Singapore.

Nuclear1 · **Reply #27 on:** April 21, 2011, 02:49:18 pm

Quote from: Dekker on April 21, 2011, 08:43:46 am

WATCH OUT while on station keep your head down through basic and use the month to GET FITTER as well as getting your stuff in order. IE Jogging, Press ups, Sits ups. Best advice i can give you is to try doing 5-10 every day and increase the number as you go along.

It WILL make life easier. Also Shouting is not personal, the beatings will continue until morale improves, and quitters never win, winners never quit.

Ditto on this. 1000x.

Pred the Penguin · **Reply #28 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:37:39 pm

Quote from: Dilmah G on April 21, 2011, 06:32:37 am

Aren't you still subject to conscription if you're a citizen of the country?

I'm not interested in being citizen of this country anymore. It was kinda outa my hands when it happened. You don't have many choices when you're 11.
I know that might kinda put me in bad light, but if you wasted seven years in one place, you'd probably want to leave, too.

Dilmah G · **Reply #29 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:42:40 pm

A'ight, fair enough.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #30 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:24:46 am

Quote from: Nuclear1 on April 21, 2011, 02:49:18 pm

Quote from: Dekker on April 21, 2011, 08:43:46 am
WATCH OUT while on station keep your head down through basic and use the month to GET FITTER as well as getting your stuff in order. IE Jogging, Press ups, Sits ups. Best advice i can give you is to try doing 5-10 every day and increase the number as you go along.

It WILL make life easier. Also Shouting is not personal, the beatings will continue until morale improves, and quitters never win, winners never quit.

Ditto on this. 1000x.

So.......... How goes the Exer-mah-cise?

Snail · **Reply #31 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:27:34 am

He's busy beta-testing.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #32 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:31:05 am

Oh dear.

I REAAAALLLLLLLLLY hope that Singapore armed forces don't push/beast/motivate/encourage physical fitness improvement as "aggressively" as my fair Army.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #33 on:** April 26, 2011, 12:16:32 pm

My mum fell ill yesterday, so I've been staying at home taking care of stuff. I try to go out to the beach and exercise when I can, but if I can't, I do my exercise indoors.

Yes, I also have to deal with beta-testing, but I cannot test the missions properly if I do not have a Mac-compatible BP build.

Nuclear1 · **Reply #34 on:** April 26, 2011, 05:12:28 pm

Yeah, physical fitness definitely isn't something you want to put off.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #35 on:** April 27, 2011, 04:05:04 am

2 Minutes of push ups, 2 Minutes of situps every morning, and run everywhere you'd normally walk to, Ie - shops, school. If you run out of breath, just walk briskly til you catch it again and ZOOOoooooooooomm!!

newman · **Reply #36 on:** April 27, 2011, 05:49:38 am

Come on guys, who's the drill sergeant supposed to yell at if he does everything right?

Nuclear1 · **Reply #37 on:** April 27, 2011, 06:02:37 am

Drill sergeant will still yell at you even if you do everything right

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #38 on:** April 27, 2011, 06:11:03 am

Quote from: Nuclear1 on April 27, 2011, 06:02:37 am

Drill sergeant will still yell at you even if you do everything right

This, is, FACT.

To forge a soldier, the civilian identity must be smashed, broken, obliterated. Then you are able to be rebuilt, remade in the ideal image.

newman · **Reply #39 on:** April 27, 2011, 06:38:54 am

I know, I know. It's just more fun /to the observer/ if the recruit doesn't do everything right.

*newman grabs some popcorn and makes a mental note to re-watch Full Metal Jacket in anticipation of andro's reports

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